What did Sophocles mean by: A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck. - Sophocles Playwright · Athens Copy
+ Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Army, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ When people fall in deep distress, their native sense departs. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Sorrow, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Danger, Woe, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Wise, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ One’s own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Adversity, Grief, Trouble, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Forgetfulness, Misery, Pleasure, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Allies, Shame, Silence, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Clouds, Dark, Halloween, 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
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
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece
