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Sophocles quotes: How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth. How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
Sophocles quotes: You would rouse to anger a heart of stone. You would rouse to anger a heart of stone.
Sophocles quotes: To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires. To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.
Sophocles quotes: In time you will know this well: For time, and time alone, will show the just man, though scoundrels are discovered in a day. 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 quotes: The powe if fate is something terrible. It cannot be escapednot with wealth or by war, not with a tower ir a sea-lashed black ship. 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 quotes: Trust dies but mistrust blossoms. Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
Sophocles quotes: 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.
Sophocles quotes: I will suffer nothing as great as death without glory. I will suffer nothing as great as death without glory.
Sophocles quotes: Brave hearts do not back down back off. Brave hearts do not back down back off.
Sophocles quotes: Thou lov'st to speak in riddles and dark words. Thou lov'st to speak in riddles and dark words.
Sophocles quotes: Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud. Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
Sophocles quotes: A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse. A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
Sophocles quotes: Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future. Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.
Sophocles quotes: What a splendid king you'd make of a desert island - you and you alone. What a splendid king you'd make of a desert island - you and you alone.
Sophocles quotes: I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life
Sophocles quotes: Remember there is no success without hard work. Remember there is no success without hard work.
Sophocles quotes: Opportunity has power over all things. Opportunity has power over all things.
Sophocles quotes: Thou wouldst make a good monarch of a desert Thou wouldst make a good monarch of a desert
Sophocles quotes: The joy that comes past hope and beyond expectation is like no other pleasure in extent. The joy that comes past hope and beyond expectation is like no other pleasure in extent.
Sophocles quotes: You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering. You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
Sophocles quotes: I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow. I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.
Sophocles quotes: Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate; there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by walled city or dark, seabeaten ships. Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate; there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by walled city or dark, seabeaten ships.
Sophocles quotes: Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all. Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
Sophocles quotes: Tomorrow is tomorrow.Future cares have future cures,And we must mind today. Tomorrow is tomorrow.
Future cares have future cures,
And we must mind today.
Sophocles quotes: The end excuses any evil. The end excuses any evil.
Sophocles quotes: To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain. To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain.
Sophocles quotes: Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.
Sophocles quotes: In matters where I have no cognizanceI hold my tongue. In matters where I have no cognizance
I hold my tongue.
Sophocles quotes: I have no love for a friend who loves in words alone. I have no love for a friend who loves in words alone.
Sophocles quotes: Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand. Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
Sophocles quotes: Laws can never be enforced unless fear supports them. Laws can never be enforced unless fear supports them.
Sophocles quotes: Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God. Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
Sophocles quotes: I cannot love a friend whose love is words. I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
Sophocles quotes: A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist
Sophocles quotes: Despair often breeds disease. Despair often breeds disease.
Sophocles quotes: To him who is afraid, everything rustles. To him who is afraid, everything rustles.
Sophocles quotes: No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if He ever swears he will not do a thing. No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if
He ever swears he will not do a thing.
Sophocles quotes: No wound is worse than counterfeited love. No wound is worse than counterfeited love.
Sophocles quotes: If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds. If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds.
Sophocles quotes: No oath can be too binding for a lover. No oath can be too binding for a lover.
Sophocles quotes: Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker. Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.
Sophocles quotes: The good leader repeats the good news, keeps the worst to himself. The good leader repeats the good news, keeps the worst to himself.
Sophocles quotes: To err is common To all men, but the man who having erredHugs not his errors, but repents and seeksThe cure, is not a wastrel nor unwise. To err is common
To all men, but the man who having erred
Hugs not his errors, but repents and seeks
The cure, is not a wastrel nor unwise.
Sophocles quotes: What woe is lacking to my tale of woes? What woe is lacking to my tale of woes?
Sophocles quotes: What greater wound is there than a false friend? What greater wound is there than a false friend?
Sophocles quotes: Haemon: No city is property of a single man.Creon: But custom gives possession to the ruler.Haemon: You'd rule a desert beautifully alone. Haemon: No city is property of a single man.
Creon: But custom gives possession to the ruler.
Haemon: You'd rule a desert beautifully alone.
Sophocles quotes: Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue. Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
Sophocles quotes: All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils. All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
Sophocles quotes: Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's. Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.
Sophocles quotes: Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die. Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.
Sophocles quotes: Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain? Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
Sophocles quotes: Goodbye to the sun that shines for me no longer; Goodbye to the sun that shines for me no longer;
Sophocles quotes: For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price. For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
Sophocles quotes: Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse. Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.
Sophocles quotes: It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced. It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
Sophocles quotes: Great Time makes all things dim. Great Time makes all things dim.
Sophocles quotes: And remember that the captor is now the captive; the hunter is in the snare. What was won by stealth will not be kept. And remember that the captor is now the captive; the hunter is in the snare. What was won by stealth will not be kept.
Sophocles quotes: Old age and the passage of time teach all things. Old age and the passage of time teach all things.
Sophocles quotes: Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend. Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend.
Sophocles quotes: Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time to come? 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 quotes: It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers. It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.
Sophocles quotes: For kindness begets kindness evermore,But he from whose mind fades the memoryOf benefits, noble is he no more. For kindness begets kindness evermore,But he from whose mind fades the memoryOf benefits, noble is he no more.
Sophocles quotes: The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength
Sophocles quotes: A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick. A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
Sophocles quotes: Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always. Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always.
Sophocles quotes: What do I care for life when you are dead? What do I care for life when you are dead?
Sophocles quotes: There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries. There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
Sophocles quotes: It is not right if I am wrong. But if I am young, and right, what does my age matter? It is not right if I am wrong. But if I am young, and right, what does my age matter?
Sophocles quotes: No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over? No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over?
Sophocles quotes: Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is. Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is.
Sophocles quotes: One soul is enough, I know, to pay the debt for thousands, if one will go to the gods in all good faith. One soul is enough, I know, to pay the debt for thousands, if one will go to the gods in all good faith.
Sophocles quotes: Kindness gives birth to kindness. Kindness gives birth to kindness.
Sophocles quotes: The rewards of virtue alone abide secure. The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
Sophocles quotes: When trouble ends even troubles please. When trouble ends even troubles please.
Sophocles quotes: And also because - Oh, my darling, my darling, forgive me; I'm going to cause you quite a lot of pain. And also because - Oh, my darling, my darling, forgive me; I'm going to cause you quite a lot of pain.
Sophocles quotes: Success, remember is the reward of toil. Success, remember is the reward of toil.
Sophocles quotes: Men whose wit has been mother of villainy once have learned from it to be evil in all things. Men whose wit has been mother of villainy once have learned from it to be evil in all things.
Sophocles quotes: It is a painful thingTo look at your own trouble and knowThat you yourself and no one else has made it It is a painful thing
To look at your own trouble and know
That you yourself and no one else has made it
Sophocles quotes: No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat. No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
Sophocles quotes: A lie never lives to be old. A lie never lives to be old.
Sophocles quotes: The pain we inflict upon ourselves hurt most of all. The pain we inflict upon ourselves hurt most of all.
Sophocles quotes: How dangerous can false reasoning prove! How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
Sophocles quotes: One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable. One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.
Sophocles quotes: Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
Sophocles quotes: A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind. A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
Sophocles quotes: When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive; for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods. When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive; for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods.
Sophocles quotes: Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked. Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
Sophocles quotes: One wordFrees us of all the weight and pain of life:That word is love. One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.
Sophocles quotes: To live without evil belongs only to the gods. To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
Sophocles quotes: Gentle time will heal our sorrows. Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
Sophocles quotes: Those who jump to conclusions may go wrong. Those who jump to conclusions may go wrong.
Sophocles quotes: Nobody likes the man who brings bad news. Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.
Sophocles quotes: Alas for the seed of man. Alas for the seed of man.
Sophocles quotes: It is always fair sailing, when you escape evil. It is always fair sailing, when you escape evil.
Sophocles quotes: They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me. They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
Sophocles quotes: It is best not to have been born at all: but, if born, as quickly as possible to return whence one came. It is best not to have been born at all: but, if born, as quickly as possible to return whence one came.
Sophocles quotes: Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man. Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
Sophocles quotes: Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart. Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
Sophocles quotes: A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good
Sophocles quotes: Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one can, unthinkingly. Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one can, unthinkingly.

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