The Sophocles
The Sophocles
cheating fail honor prefer win
I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating
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.
brevity goes greek-poet wisdom
Much wisdom often goes with brevity of speech.
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.
love-you deeds matter
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
certainty learns though until
One learns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try
bad brings loves messenger news none
None loves the messenger who brings bad news.
false-friends greater wounds
What greater wound is there than a false friend?
love life wedding
One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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.
country strange stranger
Stranger in a strange country.
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.
dark destiny might
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.