The Sophocles
The Sophocles
flower eye men
The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away.
gossip likes news
Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
army men space
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
time waiting evening
We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been.
appreciation men hands
Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
grief adversity trouble
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
justice ugly taught
Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
darkness guilt may
In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace.
justice rations
Thou shalt not ration justice.
enemy
Enemies gifts are no gifts and do no good.
country thinking important
Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.
sleep medicine giving
Sleep's the only medicine that gives ease.
proud birth dies
Nobly to live, or else nobly to die,Befits proud birth.
winter rivers yield
You see how when rivers are swollen in winter those trees that yield to the flood retain their branches, but those that offer resistance perish, trunk and all.