No one loves the messenger who brings bad news.
SophoclesTags: blame scapegoats bad-news
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State.
SophoclesTags: government administration good-governance public-benefit
When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.
SophoclesTags: persistence perseverance failure effort
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
SophoclesTags: grief
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;
but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,
to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
A sight to touch e’en hatred’s self with pity.
SophoclesPrefiero, señor, obrar bien y fracasar, antes que triunfar con malas artes.
Palabras de Neoptólemo a Odiseo, en la tragedia griega Filoctetes.
Tags: wisdom
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
SophoclesTags: time
All men make mistakes.
SophoclesDeath is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
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