Quotes By Sophocles
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
Sophocles
If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.
Sophocles
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.
Sophocles
There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
Sophocles
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
Sophocles