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Sophocles

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“οὐ γάρ ποτ᾿, ὦναξ, οὐδ᾿ ὃς ἂν βλάστῃ μένει νοῦς τοῖς κακῶς πράσσουσιν, ἀλλ᾿ ἐξίσταται.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 563–564 (tr. Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, 1938)
“εἰδαίμονες οἷσι κακῶν ἄγευστος αἰών.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 582 (tr. E. F. Watling, 1947)
“τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾿ ἐσθλὸν τῷδ᾿ ἔμμεν ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 622–624 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893), a "famous saying
“ἐν τοῖς γὰρ οἰκείοισιν ὅστις ἔστ᾿ ἀνὴρ χρηστός, φανεῖται κἀν πόλει δίκαιος ὤν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 661–662 (tr. Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, 1938)
“μή νυν ἓν ἦθος μοῦνον ἐν σαυτῷ φόρει, ὡς φὴς σύ, κοὐδὲν ἄλλο, τοῦτ᾿ ὀρθῶς ἔχειν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 705–706 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893)
“ἀλλ᾿ ἄνδρα, κεἴ τις ᾖ σοφός, τὸ μανθάνειν πόλλ᾿ αἰσχρὸν οὐδὲν καὶ τὸ μὴ τείνειν ἄγαν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 710–711 (tr. E. F. Watling, 1947)
“φήμ᾿ ἔγωγε πρεσβεύειν πολὺ φῦναι τὸν ἄνδρα πάντ᾿ ἐπιστήμης πλέων· εἰ δ᾿ οὖν, φιλεῖ γὰρ τοῦτο μὴ ταύτῃ ῥέπειν, καὶ τῶν λεγόντων εὖ καλὸν τὸ μανθάνειν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 720–723 (tr. Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, 1938)
“Ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν, Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις, ὃς ἐν μαλακαῖς παρειαῖς νεάνιδος ἐννυχεύεις, φοιτᾷς δ᾿ ὑπερπόντιος ἔν τ᾿ ἀγρονόμοις αὐλαῖς· καί σ᾿ οὔτ᾿ ἀθανάτων φύξιμος οὐδεὶς οὔθ᾿ ἁμερίων σέ γ᾿ ἀν- θρώπων, ὁ δ᾿ ἔχων μέμηνεν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 781–790 (tr. Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, 1938)
“τοῖς πᾶσι κοινόν ἐστι τοὐξαμαρτάνειν· ἐπεὶ δ᾿ ἁμάρτῃ, κεῖνος οὐκέτ᾿ ἔστ᾿ ἀνὴρ ἄβουλος οὐδ᾿ ἄνολβος, ὅστις ἐς κακὸν πεσὼν ἀκεῖται μηδ᾿ ἀκίνητος πέλει.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1024-1027 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893); cf. Book of Proverbs 28:13
“ὅσῳ κράτιστον κτημάτων εὐβουλία.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1050 (tr. Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, 1938)
“πολλῷ τὸ φρονεῖν εὐδαιμονίας πρῶτον ὑπάρχει· χρὴ δὲ τά γ᾿ ἐς θεοὺς μηδὲν ἀσεπτεῖν· μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτείσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1347–1353, closing lines (tr. Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, 1938)
“Λόγος μὲν ἔστ᾿ ἀρχαῖος ἀνθρώπων φανεὶς ὡς οὐκ ἂν αἰῶν᾿ ἐκμάθοις βροτῶν, πρὶν ἂν θάνῃ τις, οὔτ᾿ εἰ χρηστὸς οὔτ᾿ εἴ τῳ κακός.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1 (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“ἄνδρα γὰρ καλῶς πράσσοντ᾿ ἀνάγκη χρηστὰ κερδαίνειν ἔπη.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 230–231 (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ὅμως δ᾿ ἔνεστι τοῖσιν εὖ σκοπουμένοις ταρβεῖν τὸν εὖ πράσσοντα, μὴ σφαλῇ ποτε.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 296–297 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1892)
“τὸ γὰρ νοσοῦντι ληρεῖν ἀνδρὸς οὐχὶ σώφρονος.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 434–435 (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“Ἔρωτι μέν νυν ὅστις ἀντανίσταται πύκτης ὅπως ἐς χεῖρας, οὐ καλῶς φρονεῖ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 441–442 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1892)
“ἀλλ᾿ εἰδέναι χρὴ δρῶσαν· ὡς οὐδ᾿ εἰ δοκεῖς ἔχειν, ἔχοις ἂν γνῶμα, μὴ πειρωμένη.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 592–593 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1892)
“οὐ κάτοισθ᾿ ὁθούνεκα ξυνηγορεῖς σιγῶσα τῷ κατηγόρῳ;”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 813–814 (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ὥστ᾿ εἴ τις δύο ἢ κἀπὶ πλείους ἡμέρας λογίζεται, μάταιός ἐστιν· οὐ γὰρ ἔσθ᾿ ἥ γ᾿ αὔριον πρὶν εὖ πάθῃ τις τὴν παροῦσαν ἡμέραν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 943–946 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1892)
“βούλομαι δ᾿, ἄναξ, καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 94–95 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1890)
“ἀεὶ καλὸς πλοῦς ἔσθ᾿, ὅταν φεύγῃς κακά.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 641 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1890)
“καὶ μὴν ἐρῶ γε· τὸν δ᾿ ἔρωθ᾿ οὕτως ἔχω· εἴ μοι θέμις, θέλοιμ᾿ ἄν· εἰ δὲ μή, πάρες.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 660–661 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1890)
“ὅστις γὰρ εὖ δρᾶν εὖ παθὼν ἐπίσταται, παντὸς γένοιτ᾿ ἂν κτήματος κρείσσων φίλος.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 672–673 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1890)
“ὦ θάνατε θάνατε, πῶς ἀεὶ καλούμενος οὕτω κατ᾿ ἦμαρ οὐ δύνῃ μολεῖν ποτε;”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 797–798 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1890)
“Ὕπν᾿ ὀδύνας ἀδαής, Ὕπνε δ᾿ ἀλγέων, εὐαὴς ἡμῖν ἔλθοις, εὐαίων, εὐαίων, ὦναξ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 827–830 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1890)
“ἅπαντα δυσχέρεια, τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν ὅταν λιπών τις δρᾷ τὰ μὴ προσεικότα.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 902–903 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1890)
“ἀνθρώποισι τὰς μὲν ἐκ θεῶν τύχας δοθείσας ἔστ᾿ ἀναγκαῖον φέρειν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1316–1317 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1890)
“οἷς γὰρ ἡ γνώμη κακῶν μήτηρ γένηται, κἄλλα παιδεύει κακούς.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1360–1361 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1890)
“δίδασκ᾿· ἄνευ γνώμης γὰρ οὔ με χρὴ ψέγειν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 594 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893)
“θνῄσκει δὲ πίστις, βλαστάνει δ᾿ ἀπιστία.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 611 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893)
“χωρὶς τό τ᾿ εἰπεῖν πολλὰ καὶ τὸ καίρια.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 808 (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“τοῖς τοι δικαίοις χὠ βραχὺς νικᾷ μέγαν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 880 (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“ἅπαν καλὸν λέγειν νομίζων, ῥητὸν ἄρρητόν τ᾿ ἔπος.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1000–1001 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893)
“τὰ γὰρ δόλῳ τῷ μὴ δικαίῳ κτήματ᾿ οὐχὶ σῴζεται.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1026–1027 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893)
“τῷ τεκόντι πᾶν φίλον.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1108 (Cassell's, 1907)
“οὐ γὰρ λόγοισι τὸν βίον σπουδάζομεν λαμπρὸν ποεῖσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ τοῖς δρωμένοις.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1143–1144 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893)
“πρᾶγος δ᾿ ἀτίζειν οὐδὲν ἄνθρωπον χρεών.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1153 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893)
“μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νι- κᾷ λόγον· τὸ δ᾿, ἐπεὶ φανῇ, βῆναι κεῖθεν ὅθεν περ ἥ- κει πολὺ δεύτερον ὡς τάχιστα.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1224–1227 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893)
“ἐν ᾧ τλάμων ὅδ᾿—οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος— πάντοθεν βόρειος ὥς τις ἀκτὰ κυματοπλὴξ χειμερία κλονεῖται, ὡς καὶ τόνδε κατ᾿ ἄκρας δειναὶ κυματοαγεῖς ἆται κλονέουσιν ἀεὶ ξυνοῦσαι.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1239 (tr. R. C. Jebb, 1893)
“θεοὶ γὰρ εὖ μέν, ὀψὲ δ᾿ εἰσορῶσ᾿, ὅταν τὰ θεῖ᾿ ἀφείς τις ἐς τὸ μαίνεσθαι τραπῇ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1536–1537 (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ἀλλ᾿ ἓν γὰρ μόνον τὰ πάντα λύει ταῦτ᾿ ἔπος μοχθήματα.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1615–1616 (tr. Robert Fitzgerald, 1940)
“κακῶν γὰρ δυσάλωτος οὐδείς.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1722–1723 (Cassell's, 1907)
“ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 13 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“σοφοὶ τύραννοι τῶν σοφῶν ξυνουσίᾳ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 14 TrGF (Cassell's, 1907)
“ἐν παντὶ γάρ τοι σκοπρίος φρουρεῖ λίθῶ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 37 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ἅπαντα γάρ τοι τῷ φοβουμένῳ ψοφεῖ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 61.2 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ἀλλ᾿ οὐδὲν ἕρπει ψεῦδος εἰς γῆρας χρόνου.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 62 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“τοῦ ζῆν γὰρ οὐδεὶς ὡς ὁ γηράσκων ἐρᾷ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 66 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“ἐνταῦθα μέντοι πάντα τἀνθρώπων νοσεῖ, κακοῖς ὅταν θέλωσιν ἰᾶσθαι κακά.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 77 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“μὴ πάντ᾿ ἐρεύνα· πολλὰ καὶ λαθεῖν καλόν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 83 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)