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Sophocles Quotes

By Alan Reiner | Jul 21, 2024 | 20 quotes
  1. “I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”

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  2. “Without labor nothing prospers.”

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  3. “To him who is in fear everything rustles.”

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  4. “Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.”

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  5. “Success is dependent on effort.”

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  6. “Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.”

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  7. “Always desire to learn something useful.”

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  8. “The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.”

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  9. “Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.”

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

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  11. “To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.”

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  12. “There is no success without hardship.”

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  13. “The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.”

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  14. “No enemy is worse than bad advice.”

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  15. “There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.”

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  16. “A man growing old becomes a child again.”

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  17. “There is no greater evil than anarchy.”

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  18. “A human being is only breath and shadow.”

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

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  20. “A lie never lives to be old.”

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