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Sophocles

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“ὅταν πάγου φανέντος αἰθρίου χεροῖν κρύσταλλον ἁρπάσωσι παῖδες εὐπαγῆ, τὰ πρῶτ᾿ ἔχουσιν ἡδονὰς ποταινίους· τέλος δ᾿ ὁ θυμὸς οὔθ᾿ ὅπως ἀφῇ θέλει, οὔτ᾿ ἐν χεροῖν τὸ κτῆμα σύμφορον μένειν. οὕτω δὲ τοὺς ἐρῶντας αὑτὸς ἵμερος δρᾶν καὶ τὸ μὴ δρᾶν πολλάκις προσίεται.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 149.3–9 TrGF (tr. Lloyd-Jones, 1996)
“ἀρετῆς βέβαιαι δ᾿ εἰσὶν αἱ κτήσεις μόνης.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 201d TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“οὐ γὰρ ἔσθ᾿ ὅπως σπουδῆς δικαίας μῶμος ἅψεταί ποτε.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 257 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ἔνεστι γάρ τις καὶ λόγοισιν ἡδονή, λήθην ὅταν ποιῶσι τῶν ὄντων κακῶν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 259 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“τὸν Ἀΐδαν γὰρ οὐδὲ γῆρας οἶδε φιλεῖν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 298 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“πρὸς ταῦτα κρύπτε μηδέν· ὡς ὁ πάνθ᾿ ὁρῶν καὶ πάντ᾿ ἀκούων πάντ᾿ ἀναπτύσσει χρόνος.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 301 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“καλὸν μὲν οὖν οὐκ ἔστι τὰ ψευδῆ λέγειν· ὅτῳ δ᾿ ὄλεθρον δεινὸν ἁλήθει᾿ ἄγει, συγγνωστὸν εἰπεῖν ἐστι καὶ τὸ μὴ καλόν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 352 TrGF (Bartlett's, 14th ed., 1968)
“οἳ μακρὸν βίον θνητῶν ἔχουσι, τοῦ γε κερδαίνειν ὅμως ἀπρὶξ ἔχονται, κἄστι πρὸς τὰ χρήματα θνητοῖσι τἆλλα δεύτερ᾿.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 354.2–5 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“εἰσὶ δ᾿ οἵτινες αἰνοῦσιν ἄνοσον ἄνδρ᾿· ἐμοὶ δ᾿ οὐδεὶς δοκεῖ εἶναι πένης ὢν ἄνοσος, ἀλλ᾿ ἀεὶ νοσεῖν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 354.5–7 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“πόνου μεταλλαχθέντος οἱ πόνοι γλυκεῖς.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 374 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“οὐκ ἔστι τοῖς μὴ δρῶσι σύμμαχος τύχη.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 407 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ὡς τοῖς κακῶς πράσσουσιν ἡδὺ καὶ βραχὺν χρόνον λαθέσθαι τῶν παρεστώτων κακῶν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 409 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“τῷ γὰρ κακῶς πράσσοντι μυρία μία νύξ ἐστιν, εὖ παθόντα δ᾿ ἡμέρα φθάνει.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 434 TrGF (tr. H. Lloyd-Jones, 2003)
“πάλιν γὰρ αὖθις παῖς ὁ γηράσκων ἀνήρ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 487.3 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 488 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“φιλεῖ γὰρ ἄνδρας πόλεμος ἀγρεύειν νέους.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 554 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“ἀλλ᾿ εἰ μὲν ἦν κλαίουσιν ἰᾶσθαι κακᾶ καὶ τὸν θανόντα δακρύοις ἀνιστάναι, ὁ χρυσὸς ἧσσον κτῆμα τοῦ κλαίειν ἂν ἦν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 557.1–3 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“ὅστις γὰρ ἐν κακοῖσι θυμωθεὶς βροτῶν μεῖζον προσάπτει τῆς νόσου τὸ φάρμακον, ἰατρός ἐστιν οὐ ἐπιστήμων κακῶν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 589.3–5 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ἀλλὰ τῶν πολλῶν καλῶν τίς χάρις, εἰ κακόβουλος φροντὶς ἐκτρίψει τὸν εὐαίωνα πλοῦτον;”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 592.1–3 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ζώοι τις ἀνθρώπων τὸ κατ᾿ ἦμαρ ὅπως ἥδιστα πορσύνων· τὸ δ᾿ ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ τυφλὸν ἕρπει.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 593 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“φεῦ φεῦ, τί τούτου χάρμα μεῖζον ἂν λάβοις, τοῦ γῆς ἐπιψαύσαντα κᾆθ᾿ ὑπὸ στέγῃ πυκνῆς ἀκοῦσαι ψακάδος εὑδούσῃ φρενί;”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 636 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“οὐ χρή ποτ᾿ εὖ πράσσοντος ὀλβίσαι τύχας ἀνδρός, πρὶν αὐτῷ παντελῶς ἤδη βίος διεκπεραθῇ καὶ τελευτήσῃ δρόμον. ἐν γὰρ βραχεῖ καθεῖλε κὠλίγῳ χρόνῳ πάμπλουτον ὄλβον δαίμονος κακοῦ δόσις, ὅταν μεταστῇ καὶ θεοῖς δοκῇ τάδε.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 646 TrGF (tr. J. A. Symonds, 1879)
“μήπω μέγ᾿ εἴπῃς, πρὶν τελευτήσαντ᾿ ἴδῃς.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 662 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“τίκτουσι γάρ τοι καὶ νόσους δυσθυμίαι.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 663 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“γῆρας διδάσκει πάντα καὶ χρόνου τριβή.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 664 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ἄκων δ᾿ ἁμαρτὼν οὔτις ἀνθρώπων κακός.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 665 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“σύγγνωτε κἀνάσχεσθε σιγῶσαι· τὸ γὰρ γυναιξὶν αἰσχρὸν συγγυναῖκα δεῖ στέγειν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 679 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ἀλλ᾿ εἰσὶ μητρὶ παῖδες ἄγκυραι βίου.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 685 TrGF (tr. K. Freeman, 1947)
“διψῶντι γάρ τοι πάντα προσφέρων σοφὰ οὐκ ἂν πλέον τέρψειας ἢ πιεῖν διδούς.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 763 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ὅρκους ἐγὼ γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 811 TrGF (Cassell's, 1907)
“τὸ κέρδος ἡδύ, κἂν ἀπὸ ψευδῶν ἴῃ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 833 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“οὐκ ἐξάγουσι καρπὸν οἱ ψευδεῖς λόγοι.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 834 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“γένοιτο κἂν ἄπλουτος ἐν τιμαῖς ἀνήρ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 835 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“τὰ μὲν διδακτὰ μανθάνω, τὰ δ᾿ εὑρετὰ ζητῶ, τὰ δ᾿ εὐκτὰ παρὰ θεῶν ᾐτησάμην.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 843 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“φίλων τοιούτων οἱ μὲν ἐστερημένοι χαίρουσιν, οἱ δ᾿ ἔχοντες εὔχονται φυγεῖν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 863 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ταχεῖα πειθὼ τῶν κακῶν ὁδοιπορεῖ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 870 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ἀεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύβοι.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 895 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“ἐσθλοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς τοὺς πονοῦντας ὠφελεῖν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 922.1 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ἀλλ᾿ οἱ κακῶς πράσσοντες οὐ κωφοὶ μόνον, ἀλλ᾿ οὐδ᾿ ὁρῶντες εἰσορῶσι τἀμφανῆ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 923 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“ἡ δὲ μωρία μάλιστ᾿ ἀδελφὴ τῆς πονηρίας ἔφυ.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 925 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“οὐ τοῖς ἀθύμοις ἡ τύχη ξυλλαμβάνει.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 927 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“αἰδὼς γὰρ ἐν κακοῖσιν οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ· ἡ γὰρ σιωπὴ τὠγκαλοῦντι σύμμαχος.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 928 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumtpre, 1865)
“ὅρκος γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἀνδρὶ φιλήτῃ βαρύς.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 933 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“γνῶμαι πλέον κρατοῦσιν ἢ σθένος χερῶν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 939 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“εἰ σῶμα δοῦλον, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ νοῦς ἐλεύθερος.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 940 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“τίς δ᾿ οἶκος ἐν βροτοῖσιν ὠλβίσθη ποτὲ γυναικὸς ἐσθλῆς χωρὶς ὀγκωθεὶς χλιδῇ;”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 942 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“οὐ γὰρ θέμις ζῆν πλὴν θεοῖς ἄνευ κακῶν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 946 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)
“στέργειν δὲ τἀκπεσόντα καὶ θέσθαι πρέπει σοφὸν κυβευτήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ στένειν τύχην.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 947 TrGF (Bartlett's, 9th ed., 1892)
“ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἡ βόσκουσα τοὺς πολλοὺς βροτῶν.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 948 TrGF (Cassell's, 1907)
“οὐκ ἐστι γῆρας τῶν σοφῶν, ἐν οἷς ὁ νοῦς θείᾳ ξύνεστιν ἡμέρᾳ τεθραμμένος. προμηθία γὰρ κέρδος ἀνθρώποις μέγα.”
Sophocles (496–406 BC) said by 406 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 950 TrGF (tr. E. H. Plumptre, 1865)