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Sophocles

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Quotes by Sophocles

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One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love!
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Those who jump to conclusions may go wrong.
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One must learn by doing the thing. For though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.
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Anarchy, anarchy! Show me a greater evil! / This is why cities tumble and the great houses rain down, / This is what scatters armies!
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I would prefer even to lose with honor than to win by cheating.
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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
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In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace
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It is always fair sailing, when you escape evil.
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Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.
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How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
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