Greek - Poet | 496 BC - 406 BC
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
Sophocles
LifeWordsCareMy LifeMoreDeeds
Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
ManSameAlwaysPleasureTake
But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.
ChildrenLaughterYouSayUseless
It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.
ImpossibleSpeakNoble
You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
AgeManYouShouldHisActs
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
ManStateBelongs
Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.
FutureMenManUpFortuneLow
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
SpeechOne ThingMuchThingAnother
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