"I found Rome brick, I left it marble."

Augustus, Caesar | Cities and City Life | 3 bookmarks

"Truth is always the strongest argument."

Sophocles | Truth | 3 bookmarks

"Chance never helps those who do not help themselves."

Sophocles | Self-reliance | 2 bookmarks

"A short saying often contains much wisdom."

Sophocles | Proverbs | 4 bookmarks

"None loves the messenger who brings bad news."

Sophocles | News | 2 bookmarks

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; that word is love."

Sophocles | Love | 4 bookmarks

"What you cannot enforce, do not command."

Sophocles | Leaders and Leadership | 3 bookmarks

"Kindness gives birth to kindness."

Sophocles | Kindness | 2 bookmarks

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."

Sophocles | Honesty | 2 bookmarks

"There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?"

Sophocles | Forgiveness | 1 bookmarks