The Sophocles
The Sophocles
The Sophocles quotes about
cheating fail honor prefer win
I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating
brevity goes greek-poet wisdom
Much wisdom often goes with brevity of speech.
action knowledge save trial
Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save by trial
anchors children hold life mother mother's-day
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
next birth reckoning
Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
ruins watches trouble
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
motivational
Who seeks shall find.
kindness giving birth
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
success hardship
There is no success without hardship.
honesty honor succeed
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
success motivation
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
love-life men age
No man loves life like him that's growing old.
halloween dark clouds
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
mind body coping
If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.