Sophocles quotes - page 6

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm. (Sophocles)

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

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I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

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It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

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There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

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Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.

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If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.

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There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.

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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain? (Sophocles)

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

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Without labor nothing prospers.

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Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

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A man growing old becomes a child again.

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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

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There is no success without hardship.

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Who seeks shall find. (Sophocles)

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

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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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