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Sophocles (Greek: Σοφοκλῆς; 496 – 406 BCE) was a Greek playwright, dramatist, priest, and politician of Classical Athens. He was also a general for the Athenian Empire in the Peloponnesian Wars, and during his service he led the battle against the Peloponnesian Island of Samos.[citation needed]

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Native Name: Σοφοκλῆς

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

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.

Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

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

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

A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.

If you try to cure evil with evil
you will add more pain to your fate.

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Time, which sees all things, has found you out.

I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.