The Sophocles
The Sophocles
action knowledge save trial
Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save by trial
bring cannot hidden knowledge known moves pulse time
The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown.
cheating fail honor prefer win
I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating
anchors children hold life mother mother's-day
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
brevity goes greek-poet wisdom
Much wisdom often goes with brevity of speech.
certainty learns though until
One learns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try
false-friends greater wounds
What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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.
pain suffering remember
You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
motivational
Who seeks shall find.
kindness giving birth
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
success hardship
There is no success without hardship.
sides fortune hearted
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.