Sophocles Quotes - Page 3

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• I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

  Sophocles

  Life, Cheating, Failure

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

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• Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.

  Sophocles

  Silence, Ornaments, Silence Is

  "Ajax". 293,

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• Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

  Sophocles

  Inspirational, Expression, Fewer

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• It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

  Sophocles

  Inspirational, Marriage, Speaking Well

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

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• Remember there is no success without hard work.

  Sophocles

  Hard Work, Remember, Hard

  Electra, 945 (translated by H Lloyd-Jones,1994).

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• Kindness will always attract kindness.

  Sophocles

  Kindness

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• There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

  Sophocles

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Tears

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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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• Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

  Sophocles

  Hype, Unjust, Wise Man Once Said

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• Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

  Sophocles

  Trust, Mistrust, Dies

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• Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?

  Sophocles

  Safety, World, Safe

  Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus”, p.221, University of Chicago Press

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• Success is dependant on effort.

  Sophocles

  Effort

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• Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)

  Sophocles

  Truth, Hate, Delay

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• If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

  Sophocles

  Wisdom, Men, Drink

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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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• Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

  Sophocles

  All Things, Concealed

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• A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

  Sophocles

  Men, States, One Man

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

  Sophocles

  Wise, Doctors, Knives

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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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• What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!

  Sophocles

  Fate, Blame, Knows

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• Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.

  Sophocles

  Truth, Honesty, Lying

  "Creusa". Play by Sophocles, fragment 323,

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• The man from whom the joys of life have departed is living no more, but should be counted with the dead.

  Sophocles

  Men, Joy, Departed

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• Without labor nothing prospers.

  Sophocles

  Motivational, Work, Labor

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• Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.

  Sophocles

  Toil, Succeed, Remember

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

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• Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the powerTo reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.

  Sophocles

  Believe, Men, Thinking

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