Success is dependent on effort.Oedipus at Colonus, 401 BC
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Sophocles was an ancient Greek playwright and one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose works have survived. Born around 496 BC in Colonus, Athens, he is best known for his plays "Oedipus Rex," "Antigone," and "Electra," which explore complex themes of fate, ethics, and human suffering. Sophocles is also notable for introducing innovations in theatrical performance, such as the use of scenery and the introduction of a third actor, which greatly influenced the development of drama.
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Success is dependent on effort.Oedipus at Colonus, 401 BC
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
Heaven never helps the man who will not help himself.
Old age and the passage of time teach all things.
A man growing old becomes a child again.Oedipus Rex, 429 BC
You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.Antigone, 441 BC
Always desire to learn something useful.
Who seeks shall find.Oedipus Rex, 429 BC
Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.Electra
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.Antigone, 442 BC
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.Antigone, 441 BC
To him who is in fear everything rustles.Acrisius - Fragment, iPerceptive
Without labor nothing prospers.Quoted in The Tragedies of Sophocles - 1880
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
That’s all 17 quotes by Sophocles.