Sophocles Quotes

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  All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

  Sophocles

  Mistake, Character, Pride

  Sophocles (1977). “The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version”, Harcourt

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  The truth is always the strongest argument.

  Sophocles

  Truth, Understanding, Prussia

  "Phædra". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 737,

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  One word
  Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
  That word is love.

  Sophocles

  Love, Life, Wedding

  "Oedipus at Colonus". Play by Sophocles, Lines 1616-1618,

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• Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

  Sophocles

  Honesty, Integrity, Honor

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• What people believe prevails over the truth.

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  Truth, Believe, Divorce

  Sophocles, Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1996). “Sophocles: Fragments”, p.37, Harvard University Press

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• If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.

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  Kindness, Helping Others, Luck

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• You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.

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  Pain, Suffering, Remember

  Sophocles, Peter Meineck, Paul Woodruff (2003). “Theban Plays”, p.204, Hackett Publishing

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• A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.

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  Communication, Men, Thinking

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• The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

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  Water, Oath

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• The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.

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  Beautiful, Deeds, Humans

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• Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

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  Ignorance, Evil, Tough

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• All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

  Sophocles

  Men, Evil, Wish

  Sophocles, Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1996). “Sophocles: Fragments”, p.33, Harvard University Press

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• The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

  Sophocles

  Grief, Greatness, Worry

  Sophocles (1977). “The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version”, Harcourt

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• Kindness gives birth to kindness.

  Sophocles

  Inspirational, Kindness, Giving

  Sophocles, Robert POTTER (Prebendary of Norwich.) (1813). “The Tragedier of Sophocles; Translated by R. Potter. A New Edition”, p.260

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• Without labor nothing prospers.

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  Motivational, Work, Labor

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• Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

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  Past, Born

  Oedipus Coloneus l. 1225

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• Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

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  Inspirational, Expression, Fewer

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• Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

  Sophocles

  Life, Love You, Deeds

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• Tomorrow is tomorrow.
  Future cares have future cures,
  And we must mind today.

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  Mind, Care, Today

  Sophocles (1958). “The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles”, Signet

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• The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.

  Sophocles

  Wise, Wisdom, Loss

  Sophocles (1958). “The Oedipus plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone”, Signet

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• Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

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  Mom, Mother, Children

  "Phædra". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 685,

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• What greater wound is there than a false friend?

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  False Friends, Greater, Wounds

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• Who seeks shall find.

  Sophocles

  Inspirational, Motivational

  Sophocles (2016). “Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone”, p.12, Sophocles

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• Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

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  Money, Home, Men

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• Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

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  Men, Blind, Every Man

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