Quotes By Sophocles

A fearful man is always hearing things.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

It is best to live however one can be.

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

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

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

Who seeks shall find.

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

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Despair often breeds disease.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

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

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.