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Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)
Greek tragic dramatist [more author details]

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Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.: Sophocles, Ajax
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For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues.: Sophocles, Antigone
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Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.: Sophocles, Antigone
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How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!: Sophocles, Antigone
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.: Sophocles, Antigone
Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.: Sophocles, Antigone
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Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.: Sophocles, Antigone
Numberless are the world's wonders, but none More wonderful than man.: Sophocles, Antigone
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.: Sophocles, Antigone
Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.: Sophocles, Antigone
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The ideal condition Would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; But since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach.: Sophocles, Antigone
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.: Sophocles, Antigone
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.: Sophocles, Antigone
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable.: Sophocles, Creusa
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Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.: Sophocles, Electra
Death is not the worst; rather, in vain To wish for death, and not to compass it.: Sophocles, Electra
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The end excuses any evil.: Sophocles, Electra (c.409 BC)
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It made our hair stand up in panic fear.: Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus
One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.: Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus
Stranger in a strange country.: Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus

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