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Famous Sophocles Quotes
“To me so deep a silence portends some dread event; a clamorous sorrow wastes itself in sound.”
“All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.”
“The golden eye of justice sees, and requites the unjust man.”
“Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.”
“No wound is worse than counterfeited love.”
“It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love.”
“The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.”
“The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past.”
“For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.”
“Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft.”
“A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.”
“Many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man.”
“Nobly to live, or else nobly to die,Befits proud birth.”
“If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.”
“Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend.”
“The gods love those of ordered soul.”
“To women silence gives their proper grace.”