John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. Page 883
Sophocles. (c. 496 B.C.–406 B.C.) 8469 A lie never lives to be old. Acrisius. Frag. 59. 8470 Nobody loves life like an old man. Acrisius. Frag. 63. 8471 A short saying oft contains much wisdom. 1 Aletes. Frag. 99. 8472 Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all. Hipponous. Frag. 280. 8473 It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced. Peleus. Frag. 445. 8474 War loves to seek its victims in the young. Scyrii. Frag. 507. 8475 If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief. Scyrii. Frag. 510. 8476 Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. Phædra. Frag. 619. 8477 The truth is always the strongest argument. Phædra. Frag. 737. 8478 The dice of Zeus fall ever luckily. Phædra. Frag. 809. 8479 Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted. Phædra. Frag. 842. 8480 No oath too binding for a lover. Phædra. Frag. 848. 8481 Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand. Phædra. Frag. 854. 8482 A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck. Phædra. Frag. 862. 8483 If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles. Vit. Anon. p. 64 (Plumptre’s Trans.). Euripides. (480 or 485–406 B.C.) 8484 Old men’s prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them. Alcestis. 669.
