51 Quotes by Sophocles about Men

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

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    It is the brave man's part to live with glory, or with glory die.

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    How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise

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    The man from whom the joys of life have departed is living no more, but should be counted with the dead.

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    A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good

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    Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding.

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    The curse of ignorance is that man without being good or evil is nevertheless satisfied with himself

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    For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly.

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