Sophocles
A man growing old becomes a child again.
age
Sophocles
You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
age
Sophocles
Old age and the passage of time teach all things.
age
Sophocles
Not even old age knows how to love death.
age
Sophocles
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
best
Sophocles
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
best
Sophocles
It is best to live however one can be.
best
Sophocles
To him who is in fear everything rustles.
fear
Sophocles
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.
fear
Sophocles
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
fear
Sophocles
Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.
future
Sophocles
Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.
future
Sophocles
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
god
Sophocles
God's dice always have a lucky roll.
god
Sophocles
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
good
Sophocles
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
good
Sophocles
To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
good
Sophocles
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
happiness
Sophocles
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
happiness
Sophocles
When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.
happiness
Sophocles
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
knowledge
Sophocles
Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
life
Sophocles
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
men
Sophocles
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
men
Sophocles
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
men
Sophocles
Men should pledge themselves to nothing for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
men
Sophocles
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
money
Sophocles
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
money
Sophocles
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
money
Sophocles
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
adversity
Sophocles
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made
adversity
Sophocles
Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.
boldness
Sophocles
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
decision
Sophocles
A lie never lives to be old.
honesty
Sophocles
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
justice
Sophocles
Without labor nothing prospers.
labor