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Famous Sophocles Quotes
“A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist”
Source: Antigone
“The golden eye of justice sees, and requites the unjust man.”
Source: Sophocles: Fragments
“Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.”
Source: Sophocles
“There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.”
“A man who deals in fairness with his own, he can make manifest justice in the state.”
Source: Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus
“If they are just, they are better than clever.”
Source: Sophocles
“There are times when even justice brings harm with it.”
Source: Sophocles
“There is a time when even justice brings harm.”
Source: Sophocles