Sophocles
Quotations
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“Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.” -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
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“War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.” -Sophocles
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“How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there’s no help in the truth.” -Sophocles
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“Old age and the passage of time teach all things.” -Sophocles
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“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.” -Sophocles
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“All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.” -Sophocles
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“Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.” -Sophocles
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“Men should pledge themselves to nothing for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.” -Sophocles
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“How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there’s no help in the truth.” -Sophocles
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“When a man has lost all happiness, he’s not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.” -Sophocles
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“To be doing good deeds is man’s most glorious task.” -Sophocles
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“Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.” -Sophocles
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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.” -Sophocles
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