Sophocles Quotes

  • All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil.
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    All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride!
    ~ Sophocles
  • Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.
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    Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.
    ~ Sophocles
  • Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
    ~ Sophocles
  • A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.Upload to Facebook
    A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
    ~ Sophocles
  • Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
    ~ Sophocles
  • It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
    ~ Sophocles
  • Without labour nothing prospers.Upload to Facebook
    Without labour nothing prospers.
    ~ Sophocles
  • Success is dependent on effort.
    ~ Sophocles
  • How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in truth!
    ~ Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
  • Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
    ~ Sophocles
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