It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
Sophocles

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
Sophocles

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
Sophocles

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.
Sophocles

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.
Sophocles

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.
Sophocles

Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.
Sophocles

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
Sophocles

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.
Sophocles

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
Sophocles

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
Sophocles

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
Sophocles

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

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
Sophocles

No enemy is worse than bad advice.
Sophocles

No lie ever reaches old age.
Sophocles

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.
Sophocles

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.
Sophocles

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.
Sophocles

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
Sophocles