About Sophocles
Sophocles (; Ancient Greek: Σοφοκλῆς, pronounced [so.pʰo.klɛ̂ːs], Sophoklễs; c. 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus; and earlier than, or contemporary with,...
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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.