The happiest life consists in ignorance.

ἐν τῷ φρονεῖν γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίος.

Sophocles

Ajax

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Topic

Ignorance is bliss Ignorance Happiness

Speaker

Ajax

Author

Sophocles

Source

Ajax

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play Greek theater

Language

Greek

Time

442 BC 440s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Sophocles. Ajax. 441 BC, l. 554.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Ajax." The Complete Plays of Sophocles: A New Translation. Translated by Robert Bagg and James Scully. Harper, 2011, l. 554.

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Happiness is the deferred fulfillment of a prehistoric wish. That is why wealth brings so little happiness; money is not an infantile wish.

Sigmund Freud

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Happiness

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Sigmund Freud
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
German
Time
1898 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Letter to Wilhelm Fliess. 16 Jan. 1898.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. "January 16, 1898." The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1904. Translated and edited by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Harvard UP, 1985.

Another quote from the 5th century BC

There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man.

Sophocles

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Nature of man Man and animals

Author

Sophocles
Source
Antigone
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragic play Greek theater
Language
Greek
Time
441 BC 440s 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sophocles. Antigone. 441 BC, l 333.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Ajax." The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin, 2000, l. 333.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Job

Job 42:6

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Topic
Repentance
Speaker
Job
Source
Book of Job The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
-500 -500s 6th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 42:6).

Another quote originally in Greek

I grow old ever learning many things.

Solon

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Learning Wisdom Aging Old age
Speaker
Solon

Author

Plutarch
Source
Solon Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Plutarch. "Solon." Plutarch's Lives. 2nd century, ch. 2, sect. 3.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "Solon." Greek Lives. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford UP, 2009, ch. 2, sect. 3.