Browse Sophocles quotes and sayings.
To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away. […]
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. […]
Who seeks shall find. Sophocles
The truth is always the strongest argument. Sophocles
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who […]
When misfortune comes, The wisest even lose their mother wit. Sophocles
Knowledge must come through action you can have no test which is not fanciful, save […]
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear. Sophocles
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is […]
Trust dies but mistrust blossoms. Sophocles
All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil. Sophocles
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been. Sophocles
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted. Sophocles
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is […]
Look and you will find it-what is unsought will go undetected. Sophocles
A man growing old becomes a child again. Sophocles
Not knowing anything is the sweetest life. Sophocles
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives […]
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. Sophocles
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. Sophocles
Always desire to learn something useful. Sophocles
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have […]
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. Sophocles
What you cannot enforce, do not command. Sophocles
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. Sophocles