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Sophocles

[ US /ˈsɑfəkɫiz/ ]
NOUN
  1. one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)

How To Use Sophocles In A Sentence

  • No man loves life like him that's growing old. Sophocles 
  • A short saying oft contains much wisdom. Sophocles 
  • Protagoras 'contemporary, Sophocles, wrote the most enthusiastic proclamation of man's ability to con - trol and transform the world that survives from antiq - uity (Antigone 332-75), yet he closed his encomium with a cautionary reference to the fact that such power can be a mixed blessing. Dictionary of the History of Ideas
  • Always desire to learn something useful. Sophocles 
  • 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. Sophocles 
  • A man can get a reputation from very small things. Sophocles 
  • You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering. Sophocles 
  • A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind. Sophocles 
  • Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver. Sophocles 
  • Indeed, many other things were different then too, including the fact that in Sophocles' day people were paid to attend the theater, a point I shall indirectly recur to later.
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