Quotes by Sophocles

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

“Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.”

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

“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.”

“If you try to cure evil with evilyou will add more pain to your fate.”

“And also because - Oh, my darling, my darling, forgive me; Im going to cause you quite a lot of pain.”

“One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.”

“A lie never grows old.”

“To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away”

“The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength”

“There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.”

“Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater.That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes,Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul,Pointing out the way to infamy and shame." - Creon”

“Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?”

“We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.”

“Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.”

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

“Prefiero, seor, obrar bien y fracasar, antes que triunfar con malas artes.Palabras de Neoptlemo a Odiseo, en la tragedia griega Filoctetes.”

“A city which belongs to just one man is no true city”

“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.”

“I have seen or heard of no other man whom destiny treated with such enmity as it did Philoktetes”