The Sophocles
The Sophocles
good-night wells thousand
For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.
birthday men age
You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
birthday lying age
No lie ever reaches old age.
birthday age how-to-love
Not even old age knows how to love death.
justice unjust
There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
oedipus helping
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in truth!
god men antigone
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
safe world unhappiness
Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?
wish-to-die evil worst
Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
adversity responsibility looks
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
grief adversity trouble
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
appreciation men hands
Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
justice ugly taught
Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
inspirational motivational healthy
It is best to live however one can be.