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Famous Sophocles Quotes
“When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind.”
“I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.”
“There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.”
“There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.”
“You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.”
“Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.”
“Astronomy? Impossible to understand and madness to investigate.”
“How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.”
“What men have seen they know. . . .”
“Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.”
“The tyrant is a child of pride.”
“It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.”
“Desire looks clear from the eyes of a lovely bride: power as strong as the founded world”
“To live with glory, or with glory die, This is the brave man's part.”
“How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise”
“If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.”
“Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.”
“But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.”
“Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.”
“Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?”
“What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?”
“Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always.”