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

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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
The good befriend themselves.: Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be When there's no help in truth!: Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.: Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
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Time eases all things.: Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one day suffer reverse.: Sophocles, Trachiniae
Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.: Sophocles, Trachiniae
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Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.: Sophocles, Trachiniae

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