Sophocles Quotes

Greek - Poet 496 BC - 406 BC

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. - Sophocles

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. Sophocles

Cheating, Honor, Win, Fail, Than, Even

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. - Sophocles

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. Sophocles

Life, Mother, Children, Mother's Day

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. - Sophocles

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. Sophocles

Honor, Succeed, Fraud, Fail, Rather

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. - Sophocles

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. Sophocles

Wisdom, Decisions, Quick, Unsafe

Always desire to learn something useful. - Sophocles

Always desire to learn something useful. Sophocles

Motivational, Desire, Learn, Always

Success is dependent on effort. - Sophocles

Success is dependent on effort. Sophocles

Success, Effort, Success Is, Dependent

A human being is only breath and shadow. Sophocles

Shadow, Human, Human Being, Breath, Only

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task. - Sophocles

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task. Sophocles

Man, Good, Doing, Doing Good, Good Deeds

Who seeks shall find. - Sophocles

Who seeks shall find. Sophocles

Motivational, Find, Who, Shall, Seeks

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure. Sophocles

Fraud, Never, Through, Things, Unjust

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The dice of Zeus always fall luckily. Sophocles

Fall, Always, Dice, Zeus, Luckily

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception. Sophocles

Money, Sweet, Profit, Deception, Even

Without labor nothing prospers. - Sophocles

Without labor nothing prospers. Sophocles

Work, Nothing, Labor, Without, Prospers

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven. Sophocles

Child, Heaven, Bear, Mighty, Zeus, Up

Old age and the passage of time teach all things. Sophocles

Age, Time, Old Age, Teach, Old, Things

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies? Sophocles

Enemies, Sweetest, Mockery, Our, Mock

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms. Sophocles

Trust, Dies, Blossoms, Mistrust

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes. Sophocles

Angry, Physician, Worse, Disease, Than

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love. - Sophocles

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love. Sophocles

Life, Love, Pain, One Word, Us, Word

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife. Sophocles

Wise, Doctor, Knife, Over, Needs, Sore

Wisdom outweighs any wealth. - Sophocles

Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Sophocles

Wisdom, Wealth, Any

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune. Sophocles

Man, Good, Help, Good Man, Task, Those

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere. Sophocles

Wise, Intelligence, Prevail, Thinkers

A man growing old becomes a child again. Sophocles

Age, Man, Child, Growing Old, Growing

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. Sophocles

Sad, Sorrow, Cause, Recognize, Ourselves

You win the victory when you yield to friends. Sophocles

Friendship, Victory, Friends, Win, You

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