Without labor nothing prospers.

Quote by Sophocles

Topics: Labor Quotes

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

Time is a kindly God

Time is a kindly God

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

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.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

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...

No enemy is worse than bad advice.

No enemy is worse than bad advice.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.