Sophocles Quotes About Mankind

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  • The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

    Sophocles (1993). “Antigone”, p.26, Courier Corporation
  • To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved.

  • To err from the right path is common to mankind.

    Sophocles (2007). “Dramas of Sophocles”, p.31, Wildside Press LLC
  • Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

    Men  
  • Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe.

    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”
  • Let every man in mankind's frailtyConsider his last day; and let nonePresume on his good fortune until he findLife, at his death, a memory without pain.

    Men  
    Sophocles (1977). “The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version”, Harcourt
  • It is hope that maintains most of mankind.

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Sophocles

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