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Quotes by Sophocles

Sophocles

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.”

“Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.”

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

“How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when theres no help in the truth.”

“Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law”

“He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.”

“Death is one moment, and life is so many of them”

“Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.”

“It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good”

“Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it”

“Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.”

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

“A short saying oft contains much wisdom”

“If you are out of trouble, watch for danger”

“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.”

“To him who is in fear everything rustles.”

“Success is more attitude then aptitude”

“In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace”

“How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong”

“The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown.”

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