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...
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None loves the messenger who brings bad news.
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No man loves life like him that's growing old.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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War loves to seek its victims in the young.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Desire looks clear from the eyes of a lovely bride: power as strong as the founded world
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Not even old age knows how to love death.
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Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
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I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.
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No wound is worse than counterfeited love.
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The gods love those of ordered soul.
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It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love.
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Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a girl: Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor! Even the pure immortals cannot escape you, And mortal man, in his one day's dusk, Trembles before your glory.
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For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one's own life, which one loves best.