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I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
Sophocles
Win, Acting, Rather
If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
Sophocles
Mind, Free, Body
If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.
Sophocles
End, Deeds, Begins
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
Sophocles
Strong, Weak, Cause
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
Sophocles
Fear, Stand, State
It is best to live however one can be.
Sophocles
Best, Live, However
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
Sophocles
Wrong, Speak, Terrible
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
Sophocles
Life, Care, Words
It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.
Sophocles
Wrong, Speak, Terrible
It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.
Sophocles
Impossible, Speak, Noble
Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
Sophocles
Same, Pleasure
Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.
Sophocles
Men, End, May
No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.
Sophocles
Bad, Loves, Tidings
No one who errs unwillingly is evil.
Sophocles
Evil
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.
Sophocles
Discovered, Concealed
Not even Ares battles against necessity.
Sophocles
Against, Necessity, Battles
Not even old age knows how to love death.
Sophocles
Love, Age, Death
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
Sophocles
Life, Knowing, Sweetest
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
Sophocles
Best, Past, Born
Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.
Sophocles
Live, Die, Whether
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
Sophocles
Fall, Dice, Zeus
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
Sophocles
Good, Reason, Mankind
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
Sophocles
Woman, Water, Oaths
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
Sophocles
Alone, Virtue, Secure
There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
Sophocles
Free, Sick, Poor

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Biography

Nationality: Greek
Type: Poet
Born: 496 BC
Died: 406 BC

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