769 Quotes by Sophocles

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    Deem no man happy until he passes the end of his life without suffering grief.

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    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. Nothing is impossible.

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    Kindness it is that which brings forth kindness always.

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    Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him

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    A man can get a reputation from very small things.

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    Men of ill-judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, til they have lost it.

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

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    Much wisdom often goes with the fewest words.

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