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Sophocles quotes about life

Greek Poet December 30, 0495 – December 30, 0405

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Sophocles quote: "One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That..."
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love. Sophocles
Sophocles quote: "To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your..."
To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away Sophocles
CHORUS: You that live in my ancestral Thebes, behold this Oedipus,- him who knew the famous riddles and was a man most masterful; not a citizen who did not look with envy on his lot- see him now and see the breakers of misfortune swallow him! Look upon that last day always. Count no mortal happy till he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain. Sophocles
Sophocles quote: "He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away..."
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life. Sophocles
Let every man in mankind's frailty consider his last day; and let none presume on his good fortune until he find Life, at his death, a memory without pain. Sophocles
TEIRESIAS: You have your eyes but see not where you arein sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with. Do you know who your parents are? Unknowingyou are enemy to kith and kinin death, beneath the earth, and in this life. Sophocles
There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad. Sophocles
OEDIPUS: Upon the murderer I invoke this curse-whether he is one man and all unknown, or one of many- may he wear out his life in misery to miserable doom! If with my knowledge he lives at my hearth. I pray that I myself may feel my curse. On you I lay my charge to fulfill all this for me, for the God, and for this land of ours destroyed and blighted, by the God forsaken. Sophocles
Sophocles quote: "Children are the anchors of a mother's life."
Children are the anchors of a mother's life. Sophocles
Sophocles quote: "Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life."
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. Sophocles
Sophocles quote: "Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and..."
Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's. Sophocles
Sophocles quote: "You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and..."
You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering. Sophocles
Sophocles quote: "Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all..."
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. Sophocles
Sophocles quote: "It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more..."
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds. Sophocles
Sophocles quote: "The happiest life is to be without thought"
The happiest life is to be without thought Sophocles

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