Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.

Sophocles Quotes

Greek - Poet 496 BC - 406 BC

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. - Sophocles

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. Sophocles

Mother, Mother's Day

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. - Sophocles

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. Sophocles

Fail, Would, Prefer

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. - Sophocles

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. Sophocles

Fraud, Fail, Rather

Always desire to learn something useful. - Sophocles

Always desire to learn something useful. Sophocles

Motivational, Desire, Always

Success is dependent on effort. - Sophocles

Success is dependent on effort. Sophocles

Success, Effort, Success Is

Old age and the passage of time teach all things. Sophocles

Time, Old, Passage

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. Sophocles

Will, Possession, Show

A human being is only breath and shadow. Sophocles

Shadow, Breath, Human Being

There is no success without hardship. - Sophocles

There is no success without hardship. Sophocles

Success, Hardship, Without

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness. Sophocles

Wickedness, Foolishness

Top 10
Sophocles
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To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task. - Sophocles

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task. Sophocles

Doing, Deeds, Most

Who seeks shall find. - Sophocles

Who seeks shall find. Sophocles

Motivational, Find, Shall

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love. - Sophocles

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love. Sophocles

Love, Pain, One Word

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

Sad, Sole, Adversities

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily. Sophocles

Always, Zeus, Fall

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near. Sophocles

Blind, See, Far

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure. Sophocles

Never, Through, Unjust

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. - Sophocles

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. Sophocles

Wisdom, Decisions, Quick

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven. Sophocles

Heaven, Zeus, Still

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.' Sophocles

Keep, Shalt, Ration

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes. Sophocles

Disease, Grows, Misfortunes

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all. Sophocles

Time, Hide, Which

Wisdom outweighs any wealth. - Sophocles

Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Sophocles

Wisdom, Wealth, Any

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day. Sophocles

Bad, Might, Reveals

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

Help, Task, Misfortune

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. Sophocles

More, Him, Please

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