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Sophocles Quotes: 13

  • Success is dependent on effort.

  • There is no success without hardship.

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

  • You win the victory when you yield to friends.

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

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

    Antigone

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

    Antigone

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

    Oedipus Rex

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

    Electra

  • The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength

    Oedipus Rex

  • A lie never grows old.

    White Lies

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

    Antigone

  • Those swift to think are not always secure.