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Sophocles

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Quotes by Sophocles

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."

- Sophocles

Love

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love."

- Sophocles

Love

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love!"

- Sophocles

Love

"“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.”"

- Sophocles

Love

""One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.""

- Sophocles

Love

""Sons are the anchors of a mother's life.""

- Sophocles

Love

"To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away."

- Sophocles

Belief

"Kindness begets kindness."

- Sophocles

Compassion

"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities."

- Sophocles

Self-awareness

"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."

- Sophocles

Integrity

"Without labor nothing prospers."

- Sophocles

Hard Work

"Without labor, nothing prospers."

- Sophocles

Hard Work

"Success is dependent on effort."

- Sophocles

Hard Work

"The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves."

- Sophocles

Adversity

"There is no success without hardship."

- Sophocles

Success

"Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life."

- Sophocles

Connection to Earth

""Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.""

- Sophocles

Connection to Earth

"All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride."

- Sophocles

Failure

"He who seeks shall find."

- Sophocles

Wisdom

"Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life."

- Sophocles

Family

"One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession."

- Sophocles

Gratitude

"Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

- Sophocles

Philosophy

"Death departing from men receives the greatest praise for vanquishing them; but when he stays long with them, they blame him because he did not go sooner."

- Sophocles

Philosophy