Quote by Sophocles

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him

Summary

This quote suggests that true happiness is crucial for a meaningful existence. It implies that without happiness, a person merely exists without truly living, resembling a lifeless body that breathes but lacks any vitality or joy. It emphasizes the importance of finding and maintaining happiness in order to truly feel alive and fulfilled in life.

Topics

Happiness

By Sophocles

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

Age

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the t

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.

Men

God will reward you,' he said. 'You must be an angel since y

God will reward you,' he said. 'You must be an angel since you care for flowers.

Angels Flowers

Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created

Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are. Can you believe that? Can you trust God for that?

Elisabeth Elliot

God Love Trust Inspirational Purpose Chaos Jesus Christian

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way tha

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece.

Business

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial a

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

William S. Burroughs

Knowledge

My dad is a motorcycle guy, not some Hollywood dude.

My dad is a motorcycle guy, not some Hollywood dude.

Man

I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher.

I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher.

Foolishness Fools

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our e

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.

TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, Littl

Discovery

Today is just a good day in disguise.

Today is just a good day in disguise.

Positive Motivational Inspirational

No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have to

No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics.

Evander Holyfield

Politics

Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your p

Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your past. No man is.

Man