sophocles

“ No enemy is worse than bad advice. ”

“ When he endures nothing but endless miseries, what pleasure is there in living the day after day, edging slowly back and forth toward death? ”

“ In time you will know this well: For time, and time alone, will show the just man, though scoundrels are discovered in a day. ”

“ Not to be born at all is best, far best that can befall, next best, when born, with least delay to trace the backward way. ”

“ Trust dies but mistrust blossoms. ”

“ Count no man happy till he dies, free of pain at last. ”

“ Let every man in mankind's frailty consider his last day; and let none presume on his good fortune until he find Life, at his death, a memory without pain. ”

“ Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver. ”

“ The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. ”

“ Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse. ”