The Sophocles
The Sophocles
love wounds
No wound is worse than counterfeited love.
pain memories men
Let every man in mankind's frailtyConsider his last day; and let nonePresume on his good fortune until he findLife, at his death, a memory without pain.
thinking
Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
mad ifs
If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.
good-friend turns
Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend.
confidence causes be-confident
In a just cause it is right to be confident.
writing water oath
I write a woman's oaths in water.
order soul god-love
The gods love those of ordered soul.
men prudent neglect
A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.
giving silence grace
To women silence gives their proper grace.
heart men stubbornness
Man's worst ill is stubbornness of heart.
truth truth-is straightforward
Truth is always straightforward.
wise wisdom men
Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.
woe looks danger
It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.