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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. (Sophocles)
You win the victory when you yield to friends. View quote
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; But when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable. View quote
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Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver. View quote
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Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. View quote
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If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles. View quote
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A lie never lives to be old. View quote
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news. View quote
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Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past. View quote
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One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life that word is love. View quote
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A short saying oft contains much wisdom. (Sophocles)
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away. View quote
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Knowledge must come through action you can have no test, which is not fanciful save by trial. View quote
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The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach. View quote
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The dice of Zeus always fall luckily. View quote
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There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched. View quote
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A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse. View quote
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Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot. View quote
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War loves to seek its victims in the young. View quote
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day. View quote
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced. (Sophocles)
Let every man in mankind's frailty consider his last day; and let none presume on his good fortune until he find Life, at his death, a memory without pain. View quote
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Old age and the passage of time teach all things. View quote
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Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven. View quote
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life. View quote
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Sophocles

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Occupation: Greek Poet
Born: 496 BC
Died: 406 BC
Quotes count: 230
Wikipedia: Sophocles

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