There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

Quote by Sophocles

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For the dead there are no more toils.

For the dead there are no more toils.

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.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

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

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

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

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...

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

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

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

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed...

I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed...