The Sophocles
The Sophocles
life rocks one-day
All our mortal lives are set in danger and perplexity: one day to prosper, and the next -- who knows? When all is well, then look for rocks ahead.
time
Time is a kindly God.
skins obedience authority
Obedience to authority saves many skins
men missing strikes
Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
silence sorrow events
To me so deep a silence portends some dread event; a clamorous sorrow wastes itself in sound.
silence ornaments silence-is
Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
time great-times all-things
Great Time makes all things dim.
men hearing obedience
The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.
gratitude favour gains
Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
mad insanity firsts
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
suicide sleep soul
Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone.
truth truth-is
The truth is ever best.
strength iron fire
The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.
misery pleasure forgetfulness
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.