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Sophocles Quotes: "When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed."

When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.



Sophocles Quotes: "In season, all is good."

In season, all is good.




Sophocles Quotes: "Strike at a great man, and you will not miss."

Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.



Sophocles Quotes: "What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?"

What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?




Sophocles Quotes: "I write a woman's oaths in water."

I write a woman's oaths in water.



Sophocles Quotes: "Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man."

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.



Sophocles Quotes: "If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles."

If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.




Sophocles Quotes: "For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams."

For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.



Sophocles Quotes: "If men live decently it is because discipline saves their very lives for them."

If men live decently it is because discipline saves their very lives for them.



Sophocles Quotes: "But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless."

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.



Sophocles Quotes: "You would rouse to anger a heart of stone."

You would rouse to anger a heart of stone.



Sophocles Quotes: "The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings."

The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.




Sophocles Quotes: "If they are just, they are better than clever."

If they are just, they are better than clever.



Sophocles Quotes: "When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind."

When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind.



Sophocles Quotes: "What men have seen they know. . . ."

What men have seen they know. . . .



Sophocles Quotes: "A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part."

A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.



Sophocles Quotes: "Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune."

Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.



Sophocles Quotes: "In a just cause it is right to be confident."

In a just cause it is right to be confident.



Sophocles Quotes: "Often have brief words laid men low and then raise them up."

Often have brief words laid men low and then raise them up.



Sophocles Quotes: "There are times when even justice brings harm with it."

There are times when even justice brings harm with it.



Sophocles Quotes: "Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft."

Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft.



Sophocles Quotes: "True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills"

True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills



Sophocles Quotes: "A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good"

A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good



Sophocles Quotes: "Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate; there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by walled city or dark, seabeaten ships."

Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate; there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by walled city or dark, seabeaten ships.



Sophocles Quotes: "The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength"

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



Sophocles Quotes: "Time is a kindly god."

Time is a kindly god.



Sophocles Quotes: "Not even old age knows how to love death."

Not even old age knows how to love death.



Sophocles Quotes: "No lie ever reaches old age."

No lie ever reaches old age.



Sophocles Quotes: "Unwanted favours gain no gratitude."

Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.



Sophocles Quotes: "The happiest life is to be without thought"

The happiest life is to be without thought



Sophocles Quotes: "It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced."

It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.



Sophocles Quotes: "Brave hearts do not back down back off."

Brave hearts do not back down back off.



Sophocles Quotes: "The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest."

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.



Sophocles Quotes: "God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury."

God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.



Sophocles Quotes: "Surely there never was so evil a thing as money, which maketh cities into ruinous heaps, and banisheth men from their houses, and turneth their thoughts from good unto evil."

Surely there never was so evil a thing as money, which maketh cities into ruinous heaps, and banisheth men from their houses, and turneth their thoughts from good unto evil.



Sophocles Quotes: "The good befriend themselves."

The good befriend themselves.



Sophocles Quotes: "Sleep's the only medicine that gives ease."

Sleep's the only medicine that gives ease.



Sophocles Quotes: "Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God."

Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.



Sophocles Quotes: "Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage."

Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.



Sophocles Quotes: "Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue."

Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.



Sophocles Quotes: "For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more."

For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more.



Sophocles Quotes: "Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed."

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.



Sophocles Quotes: "It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good."

It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.



Sophocles Quotes: "Laws can never be enforced unless fear supports them."

Laws can never be enforced unless fear supports them.



Sophocles Quotes: "No wound is worse than counterfeited love."

No wound is worse than counterfeited love.



Sophocles Quotes: "Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone."

Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone.



Sophocles Quotes: "Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to."

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to.



Sophocles Quotes: "Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money."

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.



Sophocles Quotes: "The gods love those of ordered soul."

The gods love those of ordered soul.