Sophocles Quotes

It is best to live however one can be.
Sophocles

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
Sophocles

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.
Sophocles

When trouble ends even troubles please.
Sophocles

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
Sophocles

Not even old age knows how to love death.
Sophocles

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
Sophocles

Sophocles Quotes
		For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds. Sophocles Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Type: Poet Quotes Category: Greek Poet Quotes Year of Birth: 496 BC Year of Death: 406 BC Nationality: Greek Amazon: Sophocles on Amazon	Related Authors: Euripides Aeschylus Homer Aristophanes Agathon Pindar Hesiod Menander
		Select Sophocles Quotations: It is best to live however one can be. Sophocles You should not consider a man's age but his acts. Sophocles No one longs to live more than someone growing old. Sophocles When trouble ends even troubles please. Sophocles Not to be born is, past all prizing, best. Sophocles Not even old age knows how to love death. Sophocles Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. Sophocles
Quote Keywords: Deeds, Shameful, Taught	Dictionary Links: Shameful, Taught	All Sophocles Quotations: A day lays low and lifts... A fearful man is always hearing things. A human being is only breath... A lie never lives to be old. A man growing old becomes a... A short saying often contains much wisdom. A soul that is kind and... A state is not a state... A wise doctor does not mutter... A wise man does not chatter... A word does not frighten the... Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed... All a man's affairs become diseased... All is disgust when a man... Always desire to learn something useful. Bear up, my child, bear up... Best to live lightly, unthinkingly. Better not to exist than live basely. But this is a true saying... But whoever gives birth to useless... Children are the anchors of a... Despair often breeds disease. Do not grieve yourself too much... Don't you know that silence supports... Enemies' gifts are no gifts and... Even a poor man can receive honors. Every man can see things far... Evil counsel travels fast. Evil gains work their punishment. Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness. For death is not the worst... For shameful deeds are taught by... For the dead there are no... For the wretched one night is... For those whose wit becomes the... Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing. Fortune raises up and fortune brings... God's dice always have a lucky roll. Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth. He who throws away a friend... Hide nothing, for time, which sees... How dreadful knowledge of the truth... How sweet for those faring badly... Hush! Check those words. Do not... I see that all of us... I see the state of all... I would prefer even to fail... I would rather miss the mark... If it were possible to cure... If my body is enslaved, still... If one begins all deeds well... If we are to keep our... If you have done terrible things... If you were to offer a... Ignorant men don't know what good... In a just cause the weak... Isn't it the sweetest mockery to... It is a base thing for... It is best to live however... It is terrible to speak well... It is the merit of a... It is the task of a... It was my care to make... It's a terrible thing to speak... It's impossible to speak what it... Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness. Look and you will find it... Man is not constituted to take... Men may know many things by... Men of ill judgment ignore the... Men should pledge themselves to nothing... Money is the worst currency that... Much speech is one thing, well... Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. No enemy is worse than bad advice. No lie ever reaches old age. No man loves the bearer of... No one longs to live more... No one who errs unwillingly is evil. No speech can stain what is... No treaty is ever an impediment... Not all things are to be... Not even Ares battles against necessity. Not even old age knows how... Not knowing anything is the sweetest life. Not to be born is, past... Now I see that going out... Old age and the passage of... One who knows how to show... One word frees us of all... Our happiness depends on wisdom all... Profit is sweet, even if it... Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. Rather fail with honor than succeed... Reason is God's crowning gift to man. Reverence does not die with mortals... Silence is an ornament for women. Success is dependent on effort. The dice of Zeus always fall luckily. The gods plant reason in mankind... The keenest sorrow is to recognize... The oaths of a woman I... The rewards of virtue alone abide secure. There are some who praise a... There is a point at which... There is a time when even... There is an ancient saying among... There is no greater evil for... There is no greater evil than anarchy. There is no sense in crying... There is no success without hardship. There is no witness so terrible... There is nothing more hateful than... There is some pleasure even in... Things gained through unjust fraud are... Those whose life is long still... Time alone reveals the just man... To be doing good deeds is... To give birth is a fearsome... To him who is in fear... To live without evil belongs only... Trust dies but mistrust blossoms. War never takes a wicked man... What house, bloated with luxury, ever... When a man has lost all... When trouble ends even troubles please. Who seeks shall find. Whoever gets up and comes to... Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies... Whoever lives among many evils just... Whoever neglects the arts when he... Whoever thinks his friend more important... Whoever thinks that he alone has... Whoever understands how to do a... Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Wise thinkers prevail everywhere. Without labor nothing prospers. You should not consider a man's... You win the victory when you...

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