Sophocles Quotes

Greek - Poet 496 BC - 406 BC

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

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

Win, Honor, Cheating, Fail, Than, Would

Always desire to learn something useful. - Sophocles

Always desire to learn something useful. Sophocles

Motivational, Learn, Desire, Always

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. - Sophocles

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. Sophocles

Succeed, Honor, Fraud, Fail, Rather

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

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

Good, Man, Doing, Doing Good, Good Deeds

Who seeks shall find. - Sophocles

Who seeks shall find. Sophocles

Motivational, Find, Who, Shall, Seeks

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

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

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

There is no success without hardship. - Sophocles

There is no success without hardship. Sophocles

Success, Hardship, Without

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure. Sophocles

Fraud, Never, Through, Things, Unjust

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Sophocles
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. Sophocles

Kindness, Friend, Better, Accept, Will

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily. Sophocles

Fall, Always, Dice, Zeus, Luckily

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, Weight

Wisdom outweighs any wealth. - Sophocles

Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Sophocles

Wisdom, Wealth, Any

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping. Sophocles

Tears, Gold, Possible, Dead, Valuable

Success is dependent on effort. - Sophocles

Success is dependent on effort. Sophocles

Success, Effort, Success Is, Dependent

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness. Sophocles

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms. Sophocles

Trust, Dies, Mistrust, Blossoms

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

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

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

Wise, Doctor, Knife, Over, Needs, Sore

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life. - Sophocles

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life. Sophocles

Life, Not Knowing, Knowing, Anything

No one longs to live more than someone growing old. Sophocles

Live, Growing Old, Someone, Growing, Old

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear. Sophocles

Fear, Man, Acting, No Fear, Word, Who

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth. Sophocles

Gratitude, Birth, Always, Gives

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly. Sophocles

Best, Live, Lightly, Unthinkingly

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him. Sophocles

Men, End, Know, Seeing, See, May

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