What did Sophocles mean by: A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife. - Sophocles Playwright · Athens Copy
+ What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes! Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Blame, Fate, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Memories, Time, Waiting, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Enemy, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Past, Wisdom, Wise, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Work, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Alone Time, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Eternity, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, News, Peace, War, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
In art, theories are as useful as a doctor’s prescription; one must be sick to believe them. - Maurice de Vlaminck Painter · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
