Sophocles
One of the three great ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.
Quotes by Sophocles
The greatest evil is to do wrong and not be punished.
Time, which sees all things, brings truth to light.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
A man's character is his fate.
The power of fate is a terrible thing.
No one can escape his destiny.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them.
The only thing that is constant is change.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, the reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach.
A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
Death is not the worst; rather, in vain to wish for death, and not to compass it.
For God hates utterly the bray of bragging tongues.
Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
A woman's vows I write upon the wave.
No one loves the man whom he fears.
Time eases all things.
How dreadful the knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in truth.