None love the messenger who brings bad news.

Quote by Sophocles

Topics: Love Quotes, Teen Love Quotes

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

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

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

Better not to exist than live basely.

Better not to exist than live basely.

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...

A human being is only breath and shadow.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

For the dead there are no more toils.

For the dead there are no more toils.

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

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

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Time is a kindly God

Time is a kindly God

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still...

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still...

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by...

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by...

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

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.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

Who seeks shall find.

Who seeks shall find.

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...