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"Think not that thy word and thine alone must be right."
Sophocles / Antigone, 706.
Antigone, 706.
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"Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot."
Sophocles / Electra, 1007.
Electra, 1007.
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"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 / Trachiniæ, 1.
Trachiniæ, 1.
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"In a just cause the weak o'ercome the strong."
Sophocles / OEdipus Coloneus, 880.
OEdipus Coloneus, 880.
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"A lie never lives to be old."
Sophocles / Acrisius. Frag. 59.
Acrisius. Frag. 59.
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"Nobody loves life like an old man."
Sophocles / Acrisius. Frag. 63.
Acrisius. Frag. 63.
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"A short saying oft contains much wisdom."
Sophocles / Aletes. Frag. 99.
Aletes. Frag. 99.
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"Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all."
Sophocles / Hipponous. Frag. 280.
Hipponous. Frag. 280.
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"It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced."
Sophocles / Peleus. Frag. 445.
Peleus. Frag. 445.
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"War loves to seek its victims in the young."
Sophocles / Scyrii. Frag. 507.
Scyrii. Frag. 507.
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"If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief."
Sophocles / Scyrii. Frag. 510.
Scyrii. Frag. 510.
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"Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life."
Sophocles / Phædra. Frag. 619.
Phædra. Frag. 619.
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"The truth is always the strongest argument."
Sophocles / Phædra. Frag. 737.
Phædra. Frag. 737.
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"The dice of Zeus fall ever luckily."
Sophocles / Phædra. Frag. 809.
Phædra. Frag. 809.
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"Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted."
Sophocles / Phædra. Frag. 842.
Phædra. Frag. 842.
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"No oath too binding for a lover."
Sophocles / Phædra. Frag. 848.
Phædra. Frag. 848.
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"Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand."
Sophocles / Phædra. Frag. 854.
Phædra. Frag. 854.
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"A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck."
Sophocles / Phædra. Frag. 862.
Phædra. Frag. 862.
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"If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles."
Sophocles / Vit. Anon. p. 64 (Plumptre's Trans.).
Vit. Anon. p. 64 (Plumptre's Trans.).
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