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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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It cannot be
Nobly to live, or else nobly to die,
Folly proves itself
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.
All men are liable to err; but when an error hath been made, that man is no longer witless or unblest who heals the ill into which he hath fallen, and remains not stubborn.
Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
Ah, son, may you prove luckier than your father, but in all else like him. Then you would not prove base.
It is a good thing
Courage, my daughter, courage; great still in heaven is Zeus, who sees and governs all.
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
My son, seek victory in arms, but seek it ever with the help of heaven.
Even old age views not with eyes of love
For God hates utterly
The wise can ne'er grow old, for with them dwells
I write a woman's oaths in water.
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best; but, when a man hath seen the light, this is next best by far, that with all speed he should go thither, whence he hath come.
For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one's own life, which one loves best.
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
A short saying oft contains much wisdom.
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