Society and the World

But all your [Creon’s] strength is weakness itself against The immortal unrecorded laws of God. They are not merely now: they were and shall be Forever, beyond man utterly.

It is a good thing To escape from death, but it is not great pleasure To bring death to a friend.

For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues.

Numberless are the world’s wonders, but none More wonderful than man.

It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him.

It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him.

I, whom proof hath taught of late How so far only should we hate our foes As though we soon might love them, and so far Do a friend service as to one most like Someday to prove our foe, since oftenest men In friendship but a faithless haven find. 3

For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more. 2

Silence gives the proper grace to women.

Nobly to live, or else nobly to die, Befits proud birth. 2

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.

Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt their interests, their opinions, their values, and their habit of interpreting events.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

An uneducated person accuses others when he is doing badly; a partly educated person accuses himself; an educated person accuses neither someone else nor himself.

An uneducated person accuses others when he is doing badly; a partly educated person accuses himself; an educated person accuses neither someone else nor himself.