Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship

Quote by Sophocles

Topics: Mind Quotes

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

No honest man will argue on every side

No honest man will argue on every side

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Evil gains work their punishment.

A lie never lives to be old.

A lie never lives to be old.

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...

Who seeks shall find.

Who seeks shall find.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that...

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that...

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

A human being is only breath and shadow.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

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...

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not...

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not...