Sophocles
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, The Women of Trachis, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
anchors children hold life mother mother's-day
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
children pride dust
The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.
children justice limits
Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.
children pride tyrants
The tyrant is a child of pride.
children hate giving
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
mother children fall
I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
laughter children giving
But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.
children father may
Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.
children heaven bears
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.
children grief heart
Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.
children men age
A man growing old becomes a child again.
children love-is ice
Love is like ice in the hands of children,
mother children silly
Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating