Sophocles Quotes

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

  Sophocles

  Kindness, Helping Others, Luck

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

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  Love, Life, Wedding

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

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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.

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  Mistake, Character, Pride

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

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• Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

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  Inspirational, Expression, Fewer

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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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  The truth is always the strongest argument.

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  Truth, Understanding, Prussia

  "Phædra". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 737,

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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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• Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

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  Honesty, Integrity, Honor

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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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• What greater wound is there than a false friend?

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  False Friends, Greater, Wounds

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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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• 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.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Loss

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

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• Kindness gives birth to kindness.

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  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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• 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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• Without labor nothing prospers.

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  Motivational, Work, Labor

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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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• A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

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  Inspirational, Education, Wise

  David Grene, Sophocles (1959). “Sophocles”, [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press

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• Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

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  Thinking, Knowing, Not Knowing

  Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers”, p.40, University of Chicago Press

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• None love the messenger who brings bad news.

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  Love, News, Messengers

  Sophocles (2012). “Antigone”, p.11, Courier Corporation

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• Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

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  Ignorance, Evil, Tough

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• It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

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  Men, Law, People

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• Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.

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  Teacher, Teaching, Hands

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• Who seeks shall find.

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  Inspirational, Motivational

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

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• Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)

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  Truth, Hate, Delay

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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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