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Quotes - Sophocles


Think not that thy word and thine alone must be right.

Sophocles

Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.

Sophocles

There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.

Sophocles

In a just cause the weak o'ercome the strong.

Sophocles

A lie never lives to be old.

Sophocles

Nobody loves life like an old man.

Sophocles

A short saying oft contains much wisdom.

Sophocles

Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.

Sophocles

It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.

Sophocles

War loves to seek its victims in the young.

Sophocles

If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.

Sophocles

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.

Sophocles

The truth is always the strongest argument.

Sophocles

The dice of Zeus fall ever luckily.

Sophocles

Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.

Sophocles

No oath too binding for a lover.

Sophocles

Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.

Sophocles

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

Sophocles

If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.

Sophocles

There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.

Sophocles

Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow.

William Sophocles

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Russell R Sophocles

To touch the quick.

Thomas Sophocles

Success is dependent on effort.

George Bernard Sophocles

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