There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Quote by Sophocles

Topics: Sophocles Quotes

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

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

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

A lie never lives to be old.

A lie never lives to be old.

Not even old age knows how to love death.

Not even old age knows how to love death.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

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.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

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...

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 man growing old becomes a child again.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Time is a kindly God

Time is a kindly God

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has...

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has...

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger

The danger of parachuting young enthusiastic scientists into a flower bed of selected data and...

The danger of parachuting young enthusiastic scientists into a flower bed of selected data and...

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that...

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that...

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is...

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...