Sophocles - Gods Quotes

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But all your strength is weakness itself against The immortal unrecorded laws of God. They are not merely now: they were and shall be Forever, beyond man utterly.

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The immortal
Gods alone have neither age nor death!
All other things almighty Time disquiets.

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For God hates utterly
The bray of bragging tongues.

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For every nation that lives peaceably, there will be many others to grow hard and push their arrogance to extremes; the gods attend to these things slowly. But they attend to those who put off God and turn to madness.

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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.

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

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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big words are always punished,
And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.

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We should not speak of one that prospers well As happy, till his life have run its course, And reached its goal. An evil spirit's gift In shortest time has oft laid low the state Of one full rich in great prosperity, When the change comes, and so the Gods appoint.

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Man's highest blessedness, In wisdom chiefly stands; And in the things that touch upon the Gods, 'Tis best in word or deed To shun unholy pride; Great words of boasting bring great punishments, And so to grey-haired age Teach wisdom at the last.

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