There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

Quote by Sophocles

Topics: Age Quotes

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.

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

Better not to exist than live basely.

Better not to exist than live basely.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

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...

There is no success without hardship.

There is no success without hardship.

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...

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

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

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

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...

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.