Sophocles
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“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.”
― Sophocles
― Sophocles
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus
― Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus
“How dreadful the knowledge of the truth can be
When there’s no help in truth.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
When there’s no help in truth.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
“Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
“Alas, how terrible is wisdom
when it brings no profit to the man that's wise!
This I knew well, but had forgotten it,
else I would not have come here.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
when it brings no profit to the man that's wise!
This I knew well, but had forgotten it,
else I would not have come here.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
“One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.”
― Sophocles
― Sophocles
“When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day,
Edging slowly back and forth toward death?
Anyone who warms their heart with the glow
Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all.
The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said.”
― Sophocles, Unknown Book 9473399
Edging slowly back and forth toward death?
Anyone who warms their heart with the glow
Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all.
The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said.”
― Sophocles, Unknown Book 9473399
“Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;
but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,
to speak dishonorably is pardonable.”
― Sophocles
but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,
to speak dishonorably is pardonable.”
― Sophocles
“Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.”
― Sophocles
― Sophocles
“The tyrant is a child of Pride
Who drinks from his sickening cup
Recklessness and vanity,
Until from his high crest headlong
He plummets to the dust of hope.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
Who drinks from his sickening cup
Recklessness and vanity,
Until from his high crest headlong
He plummets to the dust of hope.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex



