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Sophocles

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Always desire to learn something useful.
Topic: Motivational
Sophocles
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
From Oedipus Rex
Topic: Life
Sophocles
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Who seeks shall find.
Topic: Motivational
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A lie never grows old.
From White Lies
Topic: Philosophical
Sophocles
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We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.
From Antigone
Topic: Death, Love
Sophocles
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Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.
From Electra
Topic: Death
Sophocles
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What foolishness it is to desire more life, after one has tasted
A bit of it and seen the world; for each day, after each endless day,
Piles up ever more misery into a mound. As for pleasures: once we
Have passed youth they vanish away, never again to be seen.
Death is the end of all.
Never to be born is the best thing. To have seen the daylight
And be swept instantly back into dark oblivion comes second.
From Oedipus at Colonus
Topic: Philosophical
Sophocles
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Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?
From Antigone
Topic: Hope
Sophocles
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One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.
Topic: Love
Sophocles
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Not from Hades' black and universal lake can you lift him. Not by groaning, not by prayers. Yet you run yourself out in a grief with no cure, no time-limit, no measure. It is a knot no one can untie. Why are you so in love with things unbearable?
From Electra
Topic: Death
Sophocles
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A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
From Antigone
Topic: Inspirational
Sophocles
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I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.
From Antigone
Topic: Love
Sophocles
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
From Antigone
Topic: Love
Sophocles
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Topic: Philosophical
Sophocles
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Always desire to learn something useful.
Topic: Motivational
Sophocles
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
From Oedipus Rex
Topic: Life
Sophocles
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Who seeks shall find.
Topic: Motivational
Sophocles
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A lie never grows old.
From White Lies
Topic: Philosophical
Sophocles
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We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.
From Antigone
Topic: Death, Love
Sophocles
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Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.
From Electra
Topic: Death
Sophocles
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What foolishness it is to desire more life, after one has tasted
A bit of it and seen the world; for each day, after each endless day,
Piles up ever more misery into a mound. As for pleasures: once we
Have passed youth they vanish away, never again to be seen.
Death is the end of all.
Never to be born is the best thing. To have seen the daylight
And be swept instantly back into dark oblivion comes second.
From Oedipus at Colonus
Topic: Philosophical
Sophocles
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Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?
From Antigone
Topic: Hope
Sophocles
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One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.
Topic: Love
Sophocles
NOT YET RATED▼
Not from Hades' black and universal lake can you lift him. Not by groaning, not by prayers. Yet you run yourself out in a grief with no cure, no time-limit, no measure. It is a knot no one can untie. Why are you so in love with things unbearable?
From Electra
Topic: Death
Sophocles
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A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
From Antigone
Topic: Inspirational
Sophocles
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I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.
From Antigone
Topic: Love
Sophocles
NOT YET RATED▼
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
From Antigone
Topic: Love
Sophocles
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Topic: Philosophical
Sophocles
NOT YET RATED▼
Always desire to learn something useful.
Topic: Motivational
Sophocles
NOT YET RATED▼
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
From Oedipus Rex
Topic: Life
Sophocles
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Who seeks shall find.
Topic: Motivational
Sophocles
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A lie never grows old.
From White Lies
Topic: Philosophical
Sophocles
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We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.
From Antigone
Topic: Death, Love
Sophocles
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Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.
From Electra
Topic: Death
Sophocles
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What foolishness it is to desire more life, after one has tasted
A bit of it and seen the world; for each day, after each endless day,
Piles up ever more misery into a mound. As for pleasures: once we
Have passed youth they vanish away, never again to be seen.
Death is the end of all.
Never to be born is the best thing. To have seen the daylight
And be swept instantly back into dark oblivion comes second.
From Oedipus at Colonus
Topic: Philosophical
Sophocles
NOT YET RATED▼
Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?
From Antigone
Topic: Hope
Sophocles
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One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.
Topic: Love
Sophocles
NOT YET RATED▼
Not from Hades' black and universal lake can you lift him. Not by groaning, not by prayers. Yet you run yourself out in a grief with no cure, no time-limit, no measure. It is a knot no one can untie. Why are you so in love with things unbearable?
From Electra
Topic: Death
Sophocles
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A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
From Antigone
Topic: Inspirational
Sophocles
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I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.
From Antigone
Topic: Love
Sophocles
NOT YET RATED▼
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
From Antigone
Topic: Love
Sophocles
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One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Topic: Philosophical
Sophocles