Sophocles

Sophocles

"There is much that is strange, but nothing that surpasses man in strangeness"
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"There is much that is strange, but nothing that surpasses man in strangeness"
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"The only crime is pride."
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"All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil."
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"May the dead forgive me, I can do no other But as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene, Antigone (The Theban Plays) by Sophocles"
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"You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering."
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"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities."
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"Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all."
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"Those swift to think are not always secure."
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"Prefiero, señor, obrar bien y fracasar, antes que triunfar con malas artes. Palabras de Neoptólemo a Odiseo, en la tragedia griega Filoctetes."
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"A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist"
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"One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been."
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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life:That word is love."
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