The Sophocles
The Sophocles
decision dangerous prove
How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
mother men evil
Men whose wit has been mother of villainy once have learned from it to be evil in all things.
men world wonder
Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
father opportunity giving
Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.
children grief heart
Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.
trouble
Trouble brings trouble upon trouble.
thinking speech speak
One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.
wise wisdom loss
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
mother dream may
It is best to live anyhow, as one may; do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with their mothers in dreams too. It is he to whom such things are nothing who puts up with life best.
fear men he-man
To the man who is afraid everything rustles.
men hands excellence
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
hell hades
For even bold natures flee, whenever they see Hades close to life.
support silence knows
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
eye sight soul
As sight is in the eye, so is the mind in the soul!