Sophocles Quotes

Always desire to learn something useful.
Sophocles

Motivational, Learn, Desire

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Who seeks shall find.
Sophocles

Motivational, Find, Shall

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
Sophocles

Win, Cheating, Honor

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
Sophocles

Mother's Day, Life, Mother

A man growing old becomes a child again.
Sophocles

Age, Old, Again

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Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Sophocles

Wisdom, Happiness, Supreme

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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
Sophocles

Life, Knowing, Sweetest

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
Sophocles

Good, Men, Lost

Success is dependent on effort.
Sophocles

Success, Effort, Dependent

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
Sophocles

Rather, Honor, Succeed

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
Sophocles

Good, Men, Away

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Time, Nothing, Hide

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
Sophocles

Trust, Mistrust, Blossoms

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Wise, Mind, Sick

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
Sophocles

Men, Liar, Nothing

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
Sophocles

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
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Powerful, Conscience, Within

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
Sophocles

Money, Men, Minds

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
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Good, Deeds, Task

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.
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Future, Past, Lost

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.
Sophocles

Life, Love, Pain

A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Sophocles

Wisdom, Saying, Short

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Sophocles

Kindness, Friend, Accept

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.
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Sister, Indeed, Wickedness

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
Sophocles

Money, Sweet, Deception

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

Born: 496 BC

Died: 406 BC

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