Short Quotes · Page 69

Big wisdom in few words—the best short quotes pack a lifetime of insight into a single sentence. Perfect for captions, cards, or a moment of daily reflection.

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“Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.”

— Sophocles

“Toil follows toil, and brings but toil!”

— Sophocles

“In knowing nothing is the sweetest life.”

— Sophocles

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

— Sophocles

“For kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.”

— Sophocles

“A little word hath often marred, or made, men's fortunes.”

— Sophocles

“I admire thy prudence; thy cowardice I hate.”

— Sophocles

“Nothing is more hateful than bad counsel.”

— Sophocles

“When a man shrinks not from a deed, neither is he scared by a word.”

— Sophocles

“The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.”

— Sophocles

“Wisdom is a curse when wisdom does nothing for the man who has it.”

— Sophocles

“Think not that thy word, and thine alone, must be right.”

— Sophocles

“Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.”

— Sophocles

“Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.”

— Sophocles

“Happy are they who know not the taste of evil.”

— Sophocles

“Men must needs bear the fortunes given by the gods.”

— Sophocles

“Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream?”

— William Butler Yeats

“For everything that's lovely is but a brief, dreamy, kind of delight.”

— William Butler Yeats

“Though leaves are many, the root is one.”

— William Butler Yeats

“Was there another Troy for her to burn?”

— William Butler Yeats

“I knew a phoenix in my youth, so let them have their day.”

— William Butler Yeats

“Nothing that we love over-much Is ponderable to our touch.”

— William Butler Yeats

“All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.”

— William Butler Yeats

“Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart.”

— William Butler Yeats

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