The Sophocles
The Sophocles
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.
mad insanity firsts
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
long gains life-is
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
evil
To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
trouble ends please
When trouble ends even troubles please.
grief men suffering
Deem no man happy until he passes the edo fhis life without suffering grief.
toil rewards classroom
Success is the reward for toil.
silence ornaments silence-is
Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
justice harm
There is a time when even justice brings harm.
money men cities
Surely there never was so evil a thing as money, which maketh cities into ruinous heaps, and banisheth men from their houses, and turneth their thoughts from good unto evil.
noble impossible speak
It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.
love daughter hardship
It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love.
all-things concealed
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.