Quotes from Ancient Times
Sophocles 496 BC - 406 BC Greek Tragic Poet
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.
There is point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
No oath too binding for a lover.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
War loves to seek its victims in the young.
Nobody loves life like an old man.
Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
The truth is always the strongest argument.
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
The dice of Zeus fall ever luckily.
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
No enemy is worse than bad advice.
There is no success without hardship.
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
To him who is in fear everything rustles.
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.
Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good. That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
Memorable Quotes
You win the victory when you yield to friends.
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
A short saying oft contains much wisdom.
Nobody loves life like him that's growing old.
What you cannot enforce, do not command.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Insightful Quotes cards
Think not that thy word and thine alone must be right.
No man loves life like him that's growing old.
To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
Heaven never helps the men who will not act.
Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
There is a point at which even justice does injury.