Sermon and Worship Resources

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

Sophocles

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

Sophocles

Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not help himself.

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Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!

Sophocles

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

Sophocles

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Sophocles

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Sophocles

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

Sophocles

Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?

Sophocles

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

Sophocles

It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself, and no one else, has made it.

Sophocles

It is best to live however one can be.

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A man growing old becomes a child again.

Sophocles

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.

Sophocles

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

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Always desire to learn something useful.

Sophocles

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

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Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

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Evil gains work their punishment.

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For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.

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For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.

Sophocles

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

Sophocles

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

Sophocles

Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not help himself.

Sophocles

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

Sophocles

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Sophocles

How dangerous can false reasoning prove!

Sophocles

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

Sophocles

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Sophocles

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Sophocles

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

Sophocles

Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?

Sophocles

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

Sophocles

It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself, and no one else, has made it.

Sophocles

It is best to live however one can be.

Sophocles

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