Greek - Poet | 496 BC - 406 BC
There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.
Sophocles
LifeGoodMenManSayingYou
I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
DayWinActingMarkMissWell
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
ChildBirthHatingGiveEvenThing
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.
BetterThingsAll ThingsMany
Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
DyingSourceGainJustHowMany
How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
TimeSweetShortForgetEvenHow
Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.
HateYourselfYouToo MuchForget
I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow.
LiveShadowNothingMoreSeeI See
If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.
LightYouInjusticeDoneBright
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
WaterWomanOaths
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
SilenceYouKnowChargeAccuser
But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
MenSayingTrueEnemiesGiftsAmong
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