Sophocles

Quotes by Sophocles

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Quotes by Sophocles

“Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.” Sophocles

“No one who errs unwillingly is evil.” Sophocles

“No speech can stain what is noble by nature.” Sophocles

“Old age and the passage of time teach all things.” Sophocles

“It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.” Sophocles

“Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.” Sophocles

“All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.” Sophocles

“For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.” Sophocles

“It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.” Sophocles

“Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.” Sophocles

“You win the victory when you yield to friends.” Sophocles

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“It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.” Sophocles

“For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.” Sophocles

“To live without evil belongs only to the gods.” Sophocles

“Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.” Sophocles

“Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.” Sophocles

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

“Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.” Sophocles