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Sophocles, born in 498 BC and died in 406 BC, was a renowned Greek tragic playwright. He is one of the three greatest tragic poets of ancient Greece, alongside Aeschylus and Euripides. Sophocles' works profoundly revealed the complexity of human nature and social contradictions, exerting a profound influence on subsequent drama.

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“Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.”

Giving Heart Children Reason Grief Fire Arms Bears Blame No Reason

Book:The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus

Source: The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus

“Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.”

May Children Father

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“Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.”

Children Justice Limits Boldness Lofty Pedestal Rashness

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“Children are the anchors of a mother's life.”

Children Mother Alive Mom Motherhood Silly Greek Sentimental Anchors Wise Man Once Said Ancient Greek Mother Child Loving Children I Love My Kids I Love My Children

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“A man growing old becomes a child again.”

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“The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.”

Children Pride Drink Dust Cups Vanity Tyrants Recklessness

Book:The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version

Source: The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version

“Love is like ice in the hands of children.”

Children Hands Love Is Ice Love Is Like

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“But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.”

Giving Children Enemy Laughing Birth Sorrow Laughter Useless Reconstruction

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“To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.”

Giving Children Hate Birth Injured

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“The tyrant is a child of pride.”

Children Pride Tyrants

Book:The Oedipus Cycles

Source: The Oedipus Cycles

“I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.”

Men Children Mother Fall Asks Born Seasons Fortune Rising My Sister Giver

Book:The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

Source: The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone

“Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.”

Children Stills Heaven Bears All Things My Children Zeus

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About the Author

Born: 498 BC
Died: 406 BC
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 519

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