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497 BC–405 BC Greece
Sophocles (Greek: Σοφοκλῆς; c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides.
Greece Playwrights Poets Politicians Also known as: Antigone, Oedipus rex
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Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
It is hope which maintains most of mankind.
Counsel of evil travelleth all too quick.
Our Ship of State, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to harbor at last.
Men of ill judgement oft ignore the good
Sleep, stranger to anguish, painless Sleep, come, at our prayer, with gentle breath, come with benison, O king.
One who holds all things meet to utter, knowing no barrier betwixt speech and silence.
Whosoever knows how to render benefit for benefit must prove a friend above price.
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Forget not thy foes, but refrain from excess of wrath against them.
Those who are quick in deciding are in danger of being mistaken.
Think not that thy word, and thine alone, must be right.
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
And to mock at foes—is not that the sweetest mockery?
I trow, no word is ill-omened, if fraught with gain.
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech another.
He died before the gods, not at all before them—no!
How sweet is gain, e'en though it come from fraud.
Words that are false bring forth no fruit at all.
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