Ah, race of mortal men, How as a thing of nought I count ye, though ye live; For who is there of… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
You cannot know a man's life before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes! — Sophocles Copy Share Image
To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought; henceforward quenched in darkness shall… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
All our mortal lives are set in danger and perplexity: one day to prosper, and the next -- who knows? When all… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Nothing so evil as money ever grew to be current among men. This lays cities low, this drives men from their homes,… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
