A state is not a state if it belongs to one man. Sophocles More Quotes by Sophocles More Quotes From Sophocles Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue. Sophocles armyspacemen Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked. Sophocles live-lifegivinglife One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. Sophocles realacceptancekindness Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all. Sophocles all-timetime If you try to cure evil with evil Sophocles fatepainevil Kindness begets kindness evermore. Sophocles evermorebegetskindness Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice. Sophocles wisdomwisemen Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day. Sophocles oedipusfearmen No man loves life like him that's growing old. Sophocles love-lifeagemen For kindness begets kindness evermore, Sophocles noblemindkindness Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to. Sophocles evilpetwant The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter. Sophocles soulevilnurse In a just cause the weak will beat the strong. Sophocles weak-willcausesstrong No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought; henceforward quenched in darkness shall ye see those ye should ne'er have seen; now blind to those whom, when I saw, I vainly yearned to know. Sophocles deedsdarknesssight A man growing old becomes a child again. Sophocles agemenchildren Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure. Sophocles wise-man-once-saidhypeunjust The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. Sophocles honestypaininspirational If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief. Sophocles sadnesssorrowgrief Chance never helps those who do not help themselves. Sophocles atmanself-reliancehelping Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand. Sophocles cognitive-behavioral-therapystrengthhands
