What did Sophocles mean by: Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He’s fit for public authority. - Sophocles Playwright · Athens Copy
+ A man who deals in fairness with his own, he can make manifest justice in the state. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Fairness, Justice, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ To live with glory, or with glory die, This is the brave man’s part. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Brave, Glory, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Flow, Gratitude, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Knowledge, Learn, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, 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
+ Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Country, Important, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
I won’t bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Godhead fires, the soul attains. - William Morris Designer · England
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. - Friedrich Schiller Playwright · Germany
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. Explain - Leonardo da Vinci Painter · Italy
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face? - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
I don’t like having too many projects in the pipeline. I like to focus on what’s at hand. - Jean Dujardin Actor · France
Why should the lamp or the house be an art object but not our life? - Michel Foucault Philosopher and historian of ideas · France
