Someone asked Sophocles, How do you feel now about sex Are you able to have a woman He replied, Hush man most gladly indeed am I rid off it all, as though I had escaped from a mad and savage master.
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Sophocles - The ideal condition Would be
The ideal condition Would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct But since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable ...
Sophocles - There is no happiness where there is no wisdom
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men ...
Sophocles - Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word
Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart. Sophocles
Sophocles - Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow
Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it for tomorrow is not, until today is past. Sophocles
Sophocles - I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best ...
Sophocles - Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them. Sophocles
Sophocles - Show me the man who keeps his house in hand
Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority. Sophocles