The Sophocles
The Sophocles
age aging teach
Old age and the passage of time teach all things.
flower eye men
The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away.
darkness guilt may
In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace.
life men old-man
Nobody loves life like an old man.
eye thinking stupidity
If you think my acts are foolishness; the foolishness may be in the fools eye.
stupidity twins stubbornness
Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
wisdom men wisest-man
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
sweet deception profit
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
love fool boxers
Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
pain sleep mind
Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe.
men suffering has-beens
From suffering that has been/ Decreed no man will ever find escape
justice rations
Thou shalt not ration justice.
men hearing-things hearing
A fearful man is always hearing things.
lows humans lays
A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.