#go

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. ↗

— Sophocles

#hands #ignore #ill #judgment #lies

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away. ↗

— Sophocles

#flung #good #hands #hold #ignorant

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task. ↗

— Sophocles

#doing #doing good #glorious #good #good deeds

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth. ↗

— Sophocles

#general #good #good news #impart #merit

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune. ↗

— Sophocles

#good #good man #help #man #misfortune

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. ↗

— Sophocles

#goes #much #often #wisdom #words

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day. ↗

— Sophocles

#deed #going #ground #i #i see

Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good. ↗

— Sophocles

#good

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping. ↗

— Sophocles

#dead #evils #gold #lamentation #less

Reason is God's crowning gift to man. ↗

— Sophocles

#gift #god #man #reason