The Sophocles
The Sophocles
love-life men age
No man loves life like him that's growing old.
work men acting
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
greek-poet men nor prophet waits
Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.
among ancient call cannot good greek-poet life man men mortals saying thoroughly understand
There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.
hope men noble-man
Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
hope men deception
To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.
men opposites cities
One must obey the man whom the city sets up in power in small things and in justice and in its opposite.
men use kind
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.
life men prudent
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
power men wind
Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him...
men ideas cant
You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
life men heaven
Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.
hate men mind
Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship.
army men space
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.