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.
- Sophocles
Mankind, Deeds, Corrupts, Cities
To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
- Sophocles
Doing, Task, Most, Deeds
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
- Sophocles
Give, Injured, Borne, Hating
Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.
- Sophocles
Wickedness, Foolishness, Indeed
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
- Sophocles
Some, Miseries, Even, Forgetfulness
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
- Sophocles
Fall, Always, Zeus, Luckily
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
- Sophocles
Fail, Would, Prefer, Cheating
You win the victory when you yield to friends.
- Sophocles
Friendship, Win, Victory, Yield
All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
- Sophocles
Man, Wishes, Evils, Diseased
No one longs to live more than someone growing old.
- Sophocles
Growing, More, Someone, Longs
For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.
- Sophocles
Mother, Wit, Educates, Villainy
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
- Sophocles
Wise, Mind, Does, Chatter
War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.
- Sophocles
War, Never, Always, Wicked
Even a poor man can receive honors.
- Sophocles
Poor, Receive, Even, Honors
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
- Sophocles
Help, Task, Misfortune, A Good Man
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.
- Sophocles
Bad, Before, Thoroughly, Mortals
Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.
- Sophocles
Die, Nor, Perish, Mortals
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
- Sophocles
Life, Still, Whose, Mortals
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
- Sophocles
Bad, Might, Reveals, Discern
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
- Sophocles
Wisdom, Quick, Unsafe, Decisions
Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
- Sophocles
Trust, Mistrust, Dies, Blossoms
Without labor nothing prospers.
- Sophocles
Work, Nothing, Without, Prospers
It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.
- Sophocles
Speak, Well, Thing, Terrible Thing
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
- Sophocles
Money, Deception, Even, Profit
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
- Sophocles
Over, No Sense, Crying, Recalled
Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
- Sophocles
Life, Not Knowing, Knowing, Sweetest
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'
- Sophocles
Keep, Shalt, Ration, Thou
Old age and the passage of time teach all things.
- Sophocles
Time, Old, Passage, All Things
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
- Sophocles
Wise, Intelligence, Thinkers, Prevail
There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
- Sophocles
Men, Fortune, Greater Evil, Constraint
There is no greater evil than anarchy.
- Sophocles
Evil, Anarchy, Than, Greater Evil
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
- Sophocles
Alone, Virtue, Secure, Abide
Success is dependent on effort.
- Sophocles
Success, Effort, Success Is, Dependent
Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?
- Sophocles
Enemies, Sweetest, Mock, Mockery
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.
- Sophocles
Heaven, Zeus, Still, Mighty
I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow.
- Sophocles
Shadow, Nothing, More, Weightless
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
- Sophocles
Doctor, Over, Needs, Sore
Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.
- Sophocles
Disease, Misfortunes, Grows, Unskilled
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.
- Sophocles
People, Laws, Command, Base
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
- Sophocles
Words, Goes, Often, Fewest
Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
- Sophocles
Reflection, Men, Themselves, Pledge
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.
- Sophocles
Better, Discovered, Things, Concealed
Not even Ares battles against necessity.
- Sophocles
Against, Necessity, Even, Battles
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.
- Sophocles
Man, Feels, Does, Frighten
Despair often breeds disease.
- Sophocles
Disease, Often, Breeds, Despair
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
- Sophocles
Best, Live, Lightly, Unthinkingly
For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.
- Sophocles
Deeds, Taught, Shameful
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
- Sophocles
Know, Charge, Accuser, Supports
There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
- Sophocles
Witness, Which, Dwells, Accuser
A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.
- Sophocles
Low, Again, Things, Lays
If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
- Sophocles
Mind, Body, Still, Enslaved
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
- Sophocles
Truth, Help, How, Dreadful
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
- Sophocles
News, Conceal, General, Impart
Who seeks shall find.
- Sophocles
Motivational, Find, Shall, Seeks
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
- Sophocles
God, Gift, Reason, Crowning
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
- Sophocles
Time, Hide, Which, Hears
Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
- Sophocles
Always, Same, Take, Same Things
Deem no man happy until he passes the end of his life without suffering grief.
- Sophocles
Suffering, Passes, His, Grief
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
- Sophocles
Speak, Wrong, Well, Terrible
If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.
- Sophocles
Injustice, Shines, Thus, Terrible
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.
- Sophocles
Fortune, Prophet, Badly, Raises
When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.
- Sophocles
Happiness, Alive, Call, Corpse
Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
- Sophocles
Better, Possession, Any, Understands
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles
Sad, Sole, Keenest, Adversities
But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.
- Sophocles
Birth, Say, Bred, Sorrows
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
- Sophocles
Advice, Bad, More, Hateful
Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.
- Sophocles
Tongue, Going, Wins, Deed
I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
- Sophocles
Rather, Than, Would, Mark
If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.
- Sophocles
Tears, Dead, Possible, Lamentation
Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.
- Sophocles
How, Alas, Proved, Deceiver
Always desire to learn something useful.
- Sophocles
Motivational, Desire, Always, Useful
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
- Sophocles
Never, Through, Unjust, Gained
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
- Sophocles
Mother, Mother's Day, Anchors
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
- Sophocles
Blind, See, Far, Near
Silence is an ornament for women.
- Sophocles
Women, Silence, Ornament
For the dead there are no more toils.
- Sophocles
Dead, More, Toils
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.
- Sophocles
Mind, Empty, Seen, Possesses
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
- Sophocles
Reason, Mankind, Highest, Gifts
Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.
- Sophocles
Good, Enemies, Gifts
But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
- Sophocles
Men, True, Among, Gifts
What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?
- Sophocles
Woman, Ever, Became, Prosperous
No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
- Sophocles
Cheat, Ever, Treaty, Impediment
Not even old age knows how to love death.
- Sophocles
Love, Death, How, To Love
Evil counsel travels fast.
- Sophocles
Fast, Travels, Counsel, Evil
Evil gains work their punishment.
- Sophocles
Work, Punishment, Gains, Evil
No one who errs unwillingly is evil.
- Sophocles
Who, Unwillingly, Evil
To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
- Sophocles
Only, Gods, Belongs, Evil
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
- Sophocles
Nothing, Fortune, Cannot, Aid
Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.
- Sophocles
Too Much, Them, Nor, Grieve
For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.
- Sophocles
Death, More, Like, One Night
Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
- Sophocles
Gratitude, Birth, Always, Gives
Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
- Sophocles
Dying, How, Lives, Evils
Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is.
- Sophocles
Pain, Still, Than, Hush
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
- Sophocles
Him, More, Please, Gave
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
- Sophocles
Short, Often, Contains, Saying
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
- Sophocles
Which, Even, Does, Injury
A human being is only breath and shadow.
- Sophocles
Shadow, Human Being, Only, Breath
There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
- Sophocles
Sick, Some, Disease, Seems
When trouble ends even troubles please.
- Sophocles
Trouble, Even, Ends, Troubles
Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.
- Sophocles
Important, Country, His, Thinks
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
- Sophocles
Will, Show, Possession, Knows
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
- Sophocles
Bad, Away, His, Throws
All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.
- Sophocles
Nature, Leaves, His, Disgust
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
- Sophocles
Water, Woman, Oaths
Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
- Sophocles
Love, Boxer, Whoever, Grips
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
- Sophocles
My Life, More, Deeds, Illustrious
You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
- Sophocles
Man, Should, His, Consider
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
- Sophocles
Nature, Speech, Noble, Stain
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
- Sophocles
Men, Hands, Away, Ignorant
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.
- Sophocles
Love, Pain, Weight, One Word
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
- Sophocles
Strong, Will, Cause, Beat
It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.
- Sophocles
Impossible, Noble, Speak
Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.
- Sophocles
May, Prophet, Before, Waits
A man growing old becomes a child again.
- Sophocles
Age, Growing, Old, Child
For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.
- Sophocles
Death, Die, Even, Worst
Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.
- Sophocles
Young, Neglects, Whoever, Arts
A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.
- Sophocles
Soul, Kind, More, Discovers
God's dice always have a lucky roll.
- Sophocles
Chance, Lucky, Always, Dice
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
- Sophocles
Another, One Thing, Speech
No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.
- Sophocles
Man, Bad, Loves, Tidings
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
- Sophocles
Honor, Fail, Rather, Fraud
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
- Sophocles
Wisdom, Happiness, Part, Supreme
There is a time when even justice brings harm.
- Sophocles
Harm, Brings, Even, Justice
I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.
- Sophocles
Shadow, See, Images, I See
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
- Sophocles
Hands, Judgment, Till, Lost
If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.
- Sophocles
Will, Begins, Likely, Deeds
How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
- Sophocles
Forget, How, Badly, Misfortunes
No lie ever reaches old age.
- Sophocles
Old Age, Old, Ever, Lie
A lie never lives to be old.
- Sophocles
Never, Old, Lives, Lie
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
- Sophocles
Happiness, Depends, Our, Way
There is no success without hardship.
- Sophocles
Success, Without, Hardship
Better not to exist than live basely.
- Sophocles
Live, Better, Than, Exist
No enemy is worse than bad advice.
- Sophocles
Advice, Bad, Than, Enemy
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
- Sophocles
Man, Belongs, State
Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.
- Sophocles
Ever, Kindness
It is best to live however one can be.
- Sophocles
Best, Live, However
To him who is in fear everything rustles.
- Sophocles
Him, Everything, Who, Fear
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
- Sophocles
Wisdom, Any, Wealth
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