Quotes By Sophocles

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

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

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

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

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

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

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Evil counsel travels fast.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.