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Quotes by Sophocles

Sophocles

“There is a point at which even justice does injury.”

Sophocles

“Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.”

Sophocles

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

Sophocles

“Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn”

Sophocles

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life:That word is love.

Sophocles

A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

Sophocles

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Sophocles

A lie never grows old.

Sophocles

The truth is what I cherish and thats my strength

Sophocles

Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?

Sophocles

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist

Sophocles

Prefiero, señor, obrar bien y fracasar, antes que triunfar con malas artes.Palabras de Neoptólemo a Odiseo, en la tragedia griega Filoctetes.

Sophocles

We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.

Sophocles

Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.

Sophocles

Alas, how terrible is wisdomwhen it brings no profit to the man thats wise!This I knew well, but had forgotten it,else I would not have come here.

Sophocles

Those swift to think are not always secure.

Sophocles

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

Sophocles

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.

Sophocles

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away

Sophocles

A city which belongs to just one man is no true city

Sophocles