Quotes

“War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.” Sophocles

“It is best to live however one can be.” Sophocles

“It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.” Sophocles

“Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is.” Sophocles

“I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.” Sophocles

“Evil gains work their punishment.” Sophocles

“Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.” Sophocles

“No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.” Sophocles

“Not even Ares battles against necessity.” Sophocles

“Not even old age knows how to love death.” Sophocles

“When trouble ends even troubles please.” Sophocles

“If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.” Sophocles

“For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.” Sophocles

“There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.” Sophocles

“There is a time when even justice brings harm.” Sophocles

“It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.” Sophocles

“No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.” Sophocles

“A fearful man is always hearing things.” Sophocles

“What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?” Sophocles

“Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.” Sophocles

“No one who errs unwillingly is evil.” Sophocles

“No speech can stain what is noble by nature.” Sophocles

“Old age and the passage of time teach all things.” Sophocles

“It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.” Sophocles

“Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.” Sophocles

“All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.” Sophocles

“For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.” Sophocles

“It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.” Sophocles

“Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.” Sophocles

“You win the victory when you yield to friends.” Sophocles