Sophocles
One of the three great ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.
Quotes by Sophocles
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.
A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
Go on, then, where your passion leads you. But if you are wrong, you will know it soon enough.
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
It is not right to pervert justice for money.
There is no art that teaches the mind of man to discern the future.
Numberless are the world's wonders, but none more wonderful than man.
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
How dreadful it is to know the truth when the truth is of no help to those who know it.
No man should be envied until the day of his death.
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
Look and you will find it—what is unsought will go undetected.
The truth is always the strongest argument.
One must not think that a man who is a fool is a fool in all things.
It is a base thing for a man to be a slave to his belly.
The best of life is but a dream.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
No one loves the messenger who brings bad news.