769 Quotes by Sophocles




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    Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.

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    Desire looks clear from the eyes of a lovely bride: power as strong as the founded world

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    The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.

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    Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he’s my enemy. He’s yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be mine. I see clearly: we who live are all phantoms, fleeing shadows.

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