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Sophocles Quotes

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow Picture Quote #1

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping Picture Quote #1

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him Picture Quote #1

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love Picture Quote #1

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad Picture Quote #1

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us Picture Quote #1

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Our ship of fate, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to harbor at last Picture Quote #1

Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past Picture Quote #1

Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish Picture Quote #1

If you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye Picture Quote #1

I see that everywhere among the race of men it is the tongue that wins and not the deed Picture Quote #1

Count no mortal happy till he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain Picture Quote #1

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One must learn by doing the thing; though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try Picture Quote #1

The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown Picture Quote #1

One learns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try Picture Quote #1

The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it’s not Picture Quote #1

For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one’s life, which one loves best Picture Quote #1

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless Picture Quote #1

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The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination Picture Quote #1

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I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow (Sophocles Quotes) If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping (Sophocles Quotes) Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him (Sophocles Quotes) One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love (Sophocles Quotes) There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad (Sophocles Quotes) There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us (Sophocles Quotes) Our ship of fate, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to harbor at last (Sophocles Quotes) Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past (Sophocles Quotes) Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish (Sophocles Quotes) If you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye (Sophocles Quotes) I see that everywhere among the race of men it is the tongue that wins and not the deed (Sophocles Quotes) Count no mortal happy till he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain (Sophocles Quotes) One must learn by doing the thing; though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try (Sophocles Quotes) The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown (Sophocles Quotes) One learns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try (Sophocles Quotes) The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it’s not (Sophocles Quotes) For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one’s life, which one loves best (Sophocles Quotes) But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless (Sophocles Quotes) The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination. (Sophocles Quotes)

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