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Sophocles

Read through the most famous quotes from Sophocles




Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.


— Sophocles


#death

When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.


— Sophocles


#failure #perseverance #persistence #perseverance

We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.


— Sophocles


#eternity #love #death

A city which belongs to just one man is no true city


— Sophocles


#tyranny #freedom

The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.


— Sophocles


#evil #pride #recklessness #ruin #tyranny

You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.


— Sophocles


#literature #sophocles #life

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.


— Sophocles


#inspirational

It is not right if I am wrong. But if I am young, and right, what does my age matter?


— Sophocles


#age

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.


— Sophocles


#inspirational

A lie never grows old.


— Sophocles


#philosophy #quote #life






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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