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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Sophocles. (c. 496 B.C.–406 B.C.) (continued)
 
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    A lie never lives to be old.
          Acrisius. Frag. 59.
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    Nobody loves life like an old man.
          Acrisius. Frag. 63.
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    A short saying oft contains much wisdom. 1
          Aletes. Frag. 99.
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    Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
          Hipponous. Frag. 280.
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    It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
          Peleus. Frag. 445.
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    War loves to seek its victims in the young.
          Scyrii. Frag. 507.
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    If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
          Scyrii. Frag. 510.
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    Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
          Phædra. Frag. 619.
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    The truth is always the strongest argument.
          Phædra. Frag. 737.
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    The dice of Zeus fall ever luckily.
          Phædra. Frag. 809.
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    Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
          Phædra. Frag. 842.
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    No oath too binding for a lover.
          Phædra. Frag. 848.
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    Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
          Phædra. Frag. 854.
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    A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
          Phædra. Frag. 862.
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    If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.
          Vit. Anon. p. 64 (Plumptre’s Trans.).
 
Euripides. (480 or 485–406 B.C.)
 
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    Old men’s prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.
          Alcestis. 669.
 
Note 1.
See Shakespeare, Hamlet, Quotation 78. [back]