In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace

Quote by Sophocles

Topics: Darkness Quotes

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the...

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the...

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

A man growing old becomes a child again.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

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

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

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.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

No honest man will argue on every side

No honest man will argue on every side

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

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...

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...