There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big words are always punished,
And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
Subject:
Wisdom
Happiness
Arrogance
Work: Antigone
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The ideal condition
Would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct;
But since we are all likely to go astray,
The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach.
Subject:
Learning
Teaching
Quotes from Plays
Work: Antigone
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How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!
Subject:
Judgment
Quotes from Plays
Work: Antigone
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For God hates utterly
The bray of bragging tongues.
Subject:
Arrogance
Quotes from Plays
Work: Antigone
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I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.
Subject:
Sincerity
Leadership
Quotes from Plays
Work: Antigone
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Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good
That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
Subject:
Judgment
Good
Quotes from Plays
Work: Ajax
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The good befriend themselves.
Subject:
Friendship
Good
Quotes from Plays
Work: Oedipus at Colonus
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
Subject:
Grief
Work: Oedipus Rex
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One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
Subject:
Love & Romance
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The end excuses any evil.
Subject:
Miscellaneous
Quotes from Plays
Work: Electra (c.409 BC)
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What you cannot enforce, do not command.
Subject:
Wisdom
Miscellaneous
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Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
Subject:
Wisdom
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Time eases all things.
Subject:
Wisdom
Quotes from Plays
Work: Oedipus Rex
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Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.
Subject:
Miscellaneous
Quotes from Plays
Work: Antigone
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Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.
Subject:
Death
Quotes from Plays
Work: Electra
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Death is not the worst; rather, in vain
Subject:
Death
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To him who is in fear everything rustles.
Subject:
Fear
Work: Acrisius
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Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
Subject:
Time
Future
Quotes from Plays
Work: Trachiniae
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;
but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,
To speak dishonorably is pardonable.
Subject:
Lies
Work: Creusa
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Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
Subject:
Grief
Work: Antigone
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