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Sophocles Quotes about Life

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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Love, Life, Wedding

"Oedipus at Colonus". Play by Sophocles, Lines 1616-1618,

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Life, Love You, Deeds

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

Life, Cheating, Failure

David Grene, Sophocles (1959). “Sophocles”, [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press

A lie never lives to be old.

Life, Lying

"Acrisius". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 59,

Always desire to learn something useful

Inspirational, Life, Encouragement

Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.

Life, Live Life, Giving

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

Life, Light

Nobody loves life like an old man.

Life, Men, Existence

For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.

Life, Dream, Shadow

Sophocles (1908). “The Tragedies of Sophocles”

It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.

Life, Pain, Adversity

David Grene, Sophocles (1959). “Sophocles”, [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press

All our mortal lives are set in danger and perplexity: one day to prosper, and the next -- who knows? When all is well, then look for rocks ahead.

Life, Rocks, One Day

A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.

Life, Men, Prudent

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

Life, Men, Heaven

Sophocles (1867). “The Tragedies of Sophocles: A New Trans., with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes and Lyrical Dialogues”, p.406

Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal.

Life, Men, Goal

Sophocles (2007). “Dramas of Sophocles”, p.173, Wildside Press LLC

There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.

Life, Men, Judging

"Women of Trachis". Play by Sophocles. "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

You cannot know a man's life before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.

Life, Men, He Man

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Sophocles”

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