Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

Quote by Sophocles

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For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not...

For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not...

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead...

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead...

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...

No honest man will argue on every side

No honest man will argue on every side

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

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

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...

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...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have...

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have...

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred...

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred...

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.