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Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
— Sophocles
Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe.
— Sophocles
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
— Sophocles
What men have seen they know; but what shall come hereafter no man before the event can see, 1420 nor what end waits for him.
— Sophocles
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
— Sophocles
In time you will know this well: For time, and time alone, will show the just man, though scoundrels are discovered in a day.
— Sophocles
There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
— Sophocles
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
— Sophocles
The powe if fate is something terrible. It cannot be escaped
not with wealth or by war,
not with a tower ir a sea-lashed black ship. — Sophocles
not with wealth or by war,
not with a tower ir a sea-lashed black ship. — Sophocles
So here I am, against my will and yours too, well I know
no one wants the man who brings bad news. — Sophocles
no one wants the man who brings bad news. — Sophocles
What you can't enforce, do not command.
— Sophocles
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
— Sophocles
A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
— Sophocles
Brave hearts do not back down back off.
— Sophocles
What is to be taught I learn; what is to be discovered I seek; what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.
— Sophocles
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.
— Sophocles
Every way
Leads but astray, — Sophocles
Leads but astray, — Sophocles
Compassion limits even the power of God.
— Sophocles
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State.
— Sophocles
Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
— Sophocles
Opportunity has power over all things.
— Sophocles
Thou wouldst make a good monarch of a desert
— Sophocles
Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
— Sophocles
Despite so many ordeals, my advanced age and the nobility of my soul make me conclude that all is well.
— Sophocles
It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love.
— Sophocles
Weep not, everything must have its day.
— Sophocles
Those who jump to conclusions may go wrong.
— Sophocles
Despair often breeds disease.
— Sophocles
For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly.
— Sophocles
By God, I'll have more booty in a moment.
— Sophocles
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
— Sophocles
They're both mad, I tell you, the two of them.
One's just shown it, the other's been that way since she was born. — Sophocles
One's just shown it, the other's been that way since she was born. — Sophocles
For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.
— Sophocles
All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained.
— John Banville
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
— Sophocles
A fearful man is always hearing things.
— Sophocles
Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.
— Sophocles
All my care is you, and all my pleasure yours.
— Sophocles
When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
— Sophocles
Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time to come?
— Sophocles
What people believe prevails over the truth.
— Sophocles
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
— Sophocles
Show me a man who longs to live a day beyond his time who turns his back on a decent length of life, I'll show the world a man who clings to folly.
— Sophocles
One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.
— Sophocles
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
— Sophocles
Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.
— Sophocles
Unnatural silence signifies no good.
— Sophocles
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.
— Sophocles
Even a poor man can receive honors.
— Sophocles
The truth is ever best.
— Sophocles
To him who is afraid, everything rustles.
— Sophocles
Not even old age knows how to love death.
— Sophocles
Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
— Sophocles
One must learn by doing the thing; though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. -Sophocles
— Tom Walsh
Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
— Sophocles
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
— Sophocles
Always desire to learn something useful.
— Sophocles
Laziness is the mother of all evils.
— Sophocles
A lie never grows old.
— Sophocles
Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
— Sophocles
False words do not bring forth fruit.
— Sophocles
Thy life is safe while any god saves mine.
— Sophocles