Quotes By Sophocles

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

Silence is an ornament for women.

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

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

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

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Success is dependent on effort.

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

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

Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.

Without labor nothing prospers.

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

Evil counsel travels fast.