Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

Quote by Sophocles

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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who...

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who...

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...

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.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

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...

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Always desire to learn something useful.

Always desire to learn something useful.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

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...