Quotes by Sophocles

A fearful man is always hearing things.

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A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

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If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

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I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

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

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I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

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I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

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Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

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How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

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Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

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