"And if my present deeds are foolish in……" — Sophocles
"And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly."
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319 Quotes by Sophocles
Sophocles has 319 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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- Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
- The truth is always the strongest argument.
- Without labor nothing prospers.
- The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
- Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
- No man loves life like him that's growing old.
- One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
- Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
- Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until…
- It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else…
- One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
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