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
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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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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
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Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.
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No greater evil can a man endure Than a bad wife, nor find a greater good Than one both good and wise; and each man speaks As judging by the experience of his life.
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The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past.
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There is no such thing as the old age of the wise.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.