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Sophocles Quotes

«I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating»
Author: Sophocles | About: Cheating, Failure | Keywords: cheating
«The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach»
«No honest man will argue on every side»
Author: Sophocles | About: Honesty | Keywords: argue
«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...»
«Death is not the worst; rather, in vainTo wish for death, and not to compass it.»
Author: Sophocles
«Silence gives the proper grace to women»
Author: Sophocles | About: Grace, Silence, Women
«The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.»
Author: Sophocles | Keywords: dice, luckily, Zeus
«When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.»
Author: Sophocles | About: Happiness | Keywords: corpse
«Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.»
Author: Sophocles | About: Wisdom
«It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good»
Author: Sophocles

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