“The gifts of enemies are no gifts and bring no good.”

— Sophocles, Ajax, line 665, tr. R. C. Jebb, 1896

About Sophocles

497 BC – 406 BC

Greek tragedian, author of "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone".

“No man loves life like him that's growing old.”

“Kindness begets kindness evermore.”

“For a day can humble all human beings, and a day can lift them up.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”