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Sophocles Quotes - Page 5

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.

Sophocles (1955). “The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus [and] Antigone”

It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.

"Peleus". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 445,

The golden eye of justice sees, and requites the unjust man.

Sophocles, Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1996). “Sophocles: Fragments”, p.17, Harvard University Press

Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

Sophocles (1939). “The Antigone of Sophocles: An English Version by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald”

The good befriend themselves.

Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus”, p.159, University of Chicago Press

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

"Aletes". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 99,

For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.

Sophocles (1872). “The Tragedies of Sophocles: In English Prose”, p.309

Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.

"Oedipus at Colonus". Book by Sophocles, 401 BC.

Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?

Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus”, p.221, University of Chicago Press

And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool's eye.

"Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus".

The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength

Sophocles (2012). “Oedipus the King”, p.25, University of Chicago Press

Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.

Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles: The Theban Plays”, p.252, Routledge

Knowledge must come through action.

The Plays of Sophocles Trachiniae l. 589