A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

Quote by Sophocles

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The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

For money, you would sell your soul.

For money, you would sell your soul.

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event,...

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event,...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

It is best to live however one can be.

It is best to live however one can be.

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be...

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be...

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

Evil gains work their punishment.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a...

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a...

For the dead there are no more toils.

For the dead there are no more toils.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the...

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the...