Sophocles Quotes About Birth

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  • Nobly to live, or else nobly to die,Befits proud birth.

    Aeschylus, Sophocles, Eurípides, Aristophanes, Menander (of Athens.) (1938). “The complete Greek drama: all the extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander, in a variety of translations”
  • But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.

  • Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

  • Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.

  • To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.

  • Kindness gives birth to kindness.

    Sophocles, Robert POTTER (Prebendary of Norwich.) (1813). “The Tragedier of Sophocles; Translated by R. Potter. A New Edition”, p.260
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Sophocles

  • Born: 498 BC
  • Died: 406 BC
  • Occupation: Playwright