Sophocles Quotes - Page 7

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• When trouble ends even troubles please.

  Sophocles

  Trouble, Ends, Please

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• I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no
  other man than that I am.

  Sophocles

  Mother, Children, Fall

  Sophocles (1951). “The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone”

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• Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

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  Hate, Grieving, Too Much

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• The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength

  Sophocles

  Cherish, Truth Is

  Sophocles (2012). “Oedipus the King”, p.25, University of Chicago Press

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• The tyrant is a child of pride.

  Sophocles

  Children, Pride, Tyrants

  Sophocles (1949). “The Oedipus Cycles”

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• Evil gains work their punishment.

  Sophocles

  Punishment, Evil, Gains

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• The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.

  Sophocles

  Children, Pride, Vanity

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

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• Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

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  Appreciation, Men, Hands

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Sophocles”

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• Troubles hurt the most when they prove self-inflicted.

  Sophocles

  Hurt, Self, Trouble

  Sophocles (2012). “Oedipus the King”, p.65, University of Chicago Press

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• There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

  Sophocles

  Advice, Bad Advice, Hateful

  Sophocles, Francis Fergusson (1969). “Electra: A Version for the Modern Stage”

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• A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.

  Sophocles

  Wise, Player, Luck

  "Phædra". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 947,

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• Gentle time will heal our sorrows.

  Sophocles

  Grief, Sorrow, Gentle

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• Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.

  Sophocles

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Sophocles (2007). “Dramas of Sophocles”, p.22, Wildside Press LLC

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• Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.

  Sophocles

  Men, Hands, House

  Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles: The Theban Plays”, p.252, Routledge

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• One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

  Sophocles

  Kindness, Real, Acceptance

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Sophocles”

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• Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

  Sophocles

  Time, All Time

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• And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.

  Sophocles

  Fool, Action, Strikes

  Sophocles (1984). “The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus”, p.60, Penguin

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• Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.

  Sophocles

  Strength, Hands, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  "Phædra". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 854,

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• Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.

  Sophocles

  Hope, Men, Noble Man

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• No honest man will argue on every side

  Sophocles

  Honesty, Men, Sides

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• Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

  Sophocles

  Men, World, Wonder

  Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Robert Whitelaw (1938). “Ten Greek Plays”

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• Nobody loves life like an old man.

  Sophocles

  Life, Men, Existence

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• It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.

  Sophocles

  Life, Pain, Adversity

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

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• To revive sorrow is cruel.

  Sophocles

  Sorrow, Revive

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• I cannot love a friend whose love is words.

  Sophocles

  Friendship, Love Is

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

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