The Sophocles
The Sophocles
speech noble stains
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
love wounds
No wound is worse than counterfeited love.
pride boys doors
When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the end their pride will not agree to let it go, but their acquisition is not good for them if it stays in their hands. In the same way an identical desire drives lovers to act and not to act.
marriage wise men
No greater evil can a man endure Than a bad wife, nor find a greater good Than one both good and wise; and each man speaks As judging by the experience of his life.
friendship love-is
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
evil
No one who errs unwillingly is evil.
oedipus helping
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in truth!
justice unjust
There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
birthday age how-to-love
Not even old age knows how to love death.
birthday lying age
No lie ever reaches old age.
birthday men age
You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
money antigone world
Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
reason plant mankind
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
taken two mind
When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive; for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods.