Sophocles
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, The Women of Trachis, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
adversity responsibility looks
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
grief adversity trouble
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
appreciation men hands
Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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It is best to live however one can be.
flower eye men
The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away.
darkness guilt may
In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace.
life men old-man
Nobody loves life like an old man.
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If you think my acts are foolishness; the foolishness may be in the fools eye.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
pain sleep mind
Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe.