The quotations of

Sophocles

Ancient Greek playwright

496–406 BC

27 quotes, most often on Wisdom, Life & Death and Pride.

No man cares to hear ill news.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by GuardIn context
- Talking
Of evils current upon earth
The worst is money. Money ’tis that sacks
Cities, and drives men forth from hearth and home;
Warps and seduces native innocence,
And breeds a habit of dishonesty.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by CreonIn context
- Good & Evil
- Money
He hath provision for all: fell plague he hath learnt to endure;
Safe whate’er may befall: yet for death he hath found no cure.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by ChorusIn context
- Life & Death
Nor did I deem that thou, a mortal man,
Could’st by a breath annul and override
The immutable unwritten laws of Heaven.
They were not born today nor yesterday;
They die not; and none knoweth whence they sprang.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by AntigoneIn context
Not even death can make a foe a friend.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by CreonIn context
- Enemies
My nature is for mutual love, not hate.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by AntigoneIn context
- Love
What evils are not wrought by Anarchy!
She ruins States, and overthrows the home,
She dissipates and routs the embattled host;
While discipline preserves the ordered ranks.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by CreonIn context
- Government
- Leadership
For whoso thinks that wisdom dwells with him,
That he alone can speak or think aright,
Such oracles are empty breath when tried.
The wisest man will let himself be swayed
By others’ wisdom and relax in time.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by HaemonIn context
- Wisdom
See how the trees beside a stream in flood
Save, if they yield to force, each spray unharmed,
But by resisting perish root and branch.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by HaemonIn context
To err is common
To all men, but the man who having erred
Hugs not his errors, but repents and seeks
The cure, is not a wastrel nor unwise.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by TeiresiasIn context
- Failure
- Wisdom
Of happiness the chiefest part
Is a wise heart
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by ChorusIn context
- Happiness
- Wisdom
Swelling words of high-flown might
Mightily the gods do smite.
Chastisement for errors past
Wisdom brings to age at last.
Antigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by ChorusIn context

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