The Sophocles
The Sophocles
shadow
I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.
growing growing-old
No one longs to live more than someone growing old.
evil anarchy anarchism
There is no greater evil than anarchy.
despair disease
Despair often breeds disease.
silence ornaments silence-is
Silence is an ornament for women.
lovers oath binding
No oath can be too binding for a lover.
suicide sleep soul
Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone.
gratitude flow deceiver
Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.
leadership future-leaders great-leader
What you can't enforce, do not command.
hard-work remember hard
Remember there is no success without hard work.
enemy mockery sweetest
Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?
evil
Evil counsel travels fast.
skins obedience authority
Obedience to authority saves many skins
misery pleasure forgetfulness
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.