65 Quotes By Sophocles

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

Success is dependent on effort.
Sophocles on success

There is no success without hardship.
Sophocles on success

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
Sophocles on time

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.
Sophocles on time

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
Sophocles on trust

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
Sophocles on truth

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
Sophocles on truth

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.
Sophocles on war

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Sophocles on wisdom

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
Sophocles on wisdom

A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Sophocles on wisdom

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
Sophocles on wisdom

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
Sophocles on wisdom

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
Sophocles on wisdom

Silence is an ornament for women.
Sophocles on women

Evil gains work their punishment.
Sophocles on work

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
Sophocles on mothersday

One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
Sophocles on adversity

It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made
Sophocles on adversity