Famous Quotes / Sophocles
87 Quotations by Sophocles
- 1. A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one day suffer reverse.
- 2. A short saying oft contains much wisdom.
- 3. A short saying often contains much wisdom.
- 4. Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
- 5. Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
- 6. Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
- 7. Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.
- 8. Death is not the worst; rather, in vain
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- 9. For God hates utterly
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- 10. For the dead there are no more toils.
- 11. Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
- 12. Heaven never helps the men who will not act.
- 13. How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
- 14. How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!
- 15. How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be
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- 16. How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.
- 17. I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow t ...
- 18. I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
- 19. Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
- 20. In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.