About Sophocles
Sophocles (; Ancient Greek: Σοφοκλῆς, pronounced [so.pʰo.klɛ̂ːs], Sophoklễs; c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than,...
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Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.