Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Sophocles quotes, Sophocles sayings, and Sophocles proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in truth!Sophocles
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The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.Sophocles
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.Sophocles
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Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.Sophocles
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The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.Sophocles
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To revive sorrow is cruel.Sophocles
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.Sophocles
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.Sophocles
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Who seeks shall find.Sophocles
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Even a poor man can receive honors.Sophocles
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How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.Sophocles
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.Sophocles
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Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.Sophocles
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.Sophocles
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When people fall in deep distress, their native sense departs. Sophocles
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False words do not bring forth fruit.Sophocles
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There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.Sophocles
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The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away.Sophocles
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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.Sophocles
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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
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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
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Sons are the anchors of a mother's life.Sophocles
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If they are just, they are better than clever.Sophocles
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Anarchy, anarchy! Show me a greater evil! / This is why cities tumble and the great houses rain down, / This is what scatters armies!Sophocles
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Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.Sophocles
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One must learn by doing the thing. For though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.Sophocles
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Every wind is fare when we are flying from misfortune.Sophocles
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Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.Sophocles
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?Sophocles
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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