When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

Quote by Sophocles

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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

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...

Not even old age knows how to love death.

Not even old age knows how to love death.

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...

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

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...

Silence is an ornament for women.

Silence is an ornament for women.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

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...

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.