Famous Quotes by Sophocles

Below are famous quotes by Sophocles - Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC - 406 BC).

A short saying oft contains much wisdom.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

To revive sorrow is cruel.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.

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