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Sophocles

Read through the most famous quotes from Sophocles




A man growing old becomes a child again.


— Sophocles


#again #becomes #child #growing #growing old

Who seeks shall find.


— Sophocles


#find #seeks #shall #who

Success is dependent on effort.


— Sophocles


#dependent #effort #success is

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.


— Sophocles


#hands #ignore #ill #judgment #lies

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.


— Sophocles


#flung #good #hands #hold #ignorant

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.


— Sophocles


#base #cities #corrupts #currency #deeds

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.


— Sophocles


#fraud #honor #rather #succeed #than

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.


— Sophocles


#anchors #children #life #mother

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.


— Sophocles


#does #man #mind #sick #whose

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.


— Sophocles


#makes #men #nothing #pledge #reflection






About Sophocles

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Did you know about Sophocles?

His reputation was such that foreign rulers invited him to attend their courts although unlike Aeschylus who died in Sicily or Euripides who spent time in Macedon Sophocles never accepted any of these invitations. Sophocles mentions a third stage distinct from the other two in his discussion of his development. Most of Sophocles' plays show an undercurrent of early fatalism and the beginnings of Socratic logic as a mainstay for the long tradition of Greek tragedy.

The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus and Antigone: they are generally known as the Theban plays although each play was actually a part of a different tetralogy the other members of which are now lost. Aeschylus won 14 competitions and was sometimes defeated by Sophocles while Euripides won only 4 competitions.

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