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
wise wisdom age
There is no such thing as the old age of the wise.
men gains ruins
Hope has often caused the love of gain to ruin men.
wise wisdom men
Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.
age deeds looks
If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds.
wise wisdom loss
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
mother work evil
Laziness is the mother of all evils.
men formidable
Many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man.
wise wisdom past
The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past.
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To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
life cheating failure
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
men casting worship
For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly.
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War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.
men judging ancient
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.