The Sophocles
The Sophocles
evil excuse ends
The end excuses any evil.
hair panic made
It made our hair stand up in panic fear.
The good befriend themselves.
mankind
It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
kindness mind benefits
For kindness begets kindness evermore,But he from whose mind fades the memoryOf benefits, noble is he no more.
mind suffering one-day
A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
love daughter hardship
It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love.
love girl night
Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a girl: Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor! Even the pure immortals cannot escape you, And mortal man, in his one day's dusk, Trembles before your glory.
marriage wise men
No greater evil can a man endure Than a bad wife, nor find a greater good Than one both good and wise; and each man speaks As judging by the experience of his life.
fall men blessing
Ah, race of mortal men, How as a thing of nought I count ye, though ye live; For who is there of men That more of blessing knows, Than just a little while To seem to prosper well, And, having seemed, to fall?
money men cities
Surely there never was so evil a thing as money, which maketh cities into ruinous heaps, and banisheth men from their houses, and turneth their thoughts from good unto evil.
running evil goal
We should not speak of one that prospers well As happy, till his life have run its course, And reached its goal. An evil spirit's gift In shortest time has oft laid low the state Of one full rich in great prosperity, When the change comes, and so the Gods appoint.
lying men hands
Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time to come?
wisdom pride men
Man's highest blessedness, In wisdom chiefly stands; And in the things that touch upon the Gods, 'Tis best in word or deed To shun unholy pride; Great words of boasting bring great punishments, And so to grey-haired age Teach wisdom at the last.