What did Sophocles mean by: You cannot know a man’s life before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad. - Sophocles Playwright · Athens Copy
+ For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Dream, Shadow, 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
+ 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
+ The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Fire, Strength, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Gratitude, Lying, 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
+ 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
+ Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain? Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Dying, Evil, Uprising, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
