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.

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  Honesty, Integrity, Honor

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• Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.

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  Stupidity, Twins, Stubbornness

  Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus”, p.58, University of Chicago Press

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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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• The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

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  Water, Oath

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• The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

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  Grief, Greatness, Worry

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

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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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• Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

  Sophocles

  Ignorance, Evil, Tough

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• Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

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  Wise, Thinker

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

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  Beautiful, Deeds, Humans

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

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  Men, Evil, Wish

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

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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.

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  Life, Love You, Deeds

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• Knowledge must come through action.

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  Action

  The Plays of Sophocles Trachiniae l. 589

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• Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

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  Inspirational, Expression, Fewer

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• Without labor nothing prospers.

  Sophocles

  Motivational, Work, Labor

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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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• Fortune never helps the fainthearted.

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  Helping, Cowardice, Fortune

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• A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

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  Wise, Doctors, Knives

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• Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.

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  Toil, Succeed, Remember

  Sophocles (2006). “The Complete Plays of Sophocles”, p.54, Bantam Classics

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• Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

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  Decision, Quick Decisions, Unsafe

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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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