Sophocles Quotes

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

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.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

What greater wound is there than a false friend?

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.

To never have been born may be the greatest boon of all.

Who seeks shall find.

Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.

The truth is always the strongest argument.

Time, which sees all things, has found you out.

Truth is always straightforward.

If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.

Without labor nothing prospers.

All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.

Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

There is no success without hardship.

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

Laziness is the mother of all evils.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)

Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

What people believe prevails over the truth.

Kindness begets kindness evermore.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

I recommend...bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.