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Sophocles

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


— Sophocles


#even #faring #forget #how #misfortunes

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


— Sophocles


#cure #heavier #hush #ill #make

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


— Sophocles


#i see #images #insubstantial #live #nothing

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


— Sophocles


#i see #live #more #nothing #phantoms

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


— Sophocles


#basely #day #i #mark #miss

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


— Sophocles


#enslaved #free #mind #still

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.


— Sophocles


#deeds #end #likely #too #well

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.


— Sophocles


#cause #just #strong #weak #will

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.


— Sophocles


#among #base #command #does #fear

It is best to live however one can be.


— Sophocles


#however #live






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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