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
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Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him...
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Much wisdom often goes with brevity of speech.
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Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.
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Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.
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It is not righteousness to outrage
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The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
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A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.
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There is a point at which even justice does injury.
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I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow.
greek-poet man nature
All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.
greek-poet whoever
Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
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Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.