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Sophocles

Sophocles

Greek Poet

Died: 406 BC

Even Good Live Man Men You

Related authors: Aeschylus Archilochus Aristophanes Euripides Hesiod Homer Menander Pindar

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. Sophocles

Good Men Judgment Lost Lies Within Till Hands Ignore Ill

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die. Sophocles

Live Mortals Perish Does Reverence Nor Die Whether

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water. Sophocles

Woman Water Oaths

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure. Sophocles

Alone Virtue Secure Abide Rewards

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always. Sophocles

War Good Man Good Man Wicked Never Takes Always Chance

To live without evil belongs only to the gods. Sophocles

Evil Live Only Without Gods Belongs

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain? Sophocles

Evils How Source Just Dying Gain Many Whoever Lives Among

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge? Sophocles

Silence You Charge Supports Know Accuser

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too. Sophocles

Will Too Likely Well End Begins Deeds

It is best to live however one can be. Sophocles

Best Live However

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings. Sophocles

Man Bad Tidings Loves

There is a time when even justice brings harm. Sophocles

Time Justice Even Brings Harm

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence? Sophocles

Woman Luxury Excellence Prosperous House Became Without Bloated Ever

No one who errs unwillingly is evil. Sophocles

Evil No-One Unwillingly Who

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds. Sophocles

Shameful Taught Deeds

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