Sophocles Quotes


Without labor nothing prospers. Sophocles Work 721
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. Sophocles Kindness 468
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. Sophocles Honor 429
Always desire to learn something useful. Sophocles Motivation 201
There is no success without hardship. Sophocles Success 183
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water. Sophocles Uncategorized 182
Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor. Sophocles Opportunities 179
When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse. Sophocles Happy 175
Heaven never helps the men who will not act. Sophocles Actions 171
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily. Sophocles Gambling 155
Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Sophocles Wisdom 151
A man though wise should never be ashamed of learning more and must unbend his mind. Sophocles Learning 148
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled? Sophocles Forgiveness 144
No enemy is worse than bad advice. Sophocles Advice 134
What you cannot enforce, do not command. Sophocles Leadership 127
There is no witness so terrible-no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us. Sophocles Conscience 127
Not knowing anything is the sweetest life. Sophocles Life 126
The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope. Sophocles Pride 116
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions. Sophocles Decisions 113
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;No wisdom but in submission to the gods.Big words are always punished,And proud men in old age learn to be wise. Sophocles Words 113
A short saying often contains much wisdom. Sophocles Wisdom 103
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words. Sophocles Wisdom 102
The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown. Sophocles Knowledge 102
Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him. Sophocles Men 101
Truth is always the strongest argument. Sophocles Truth 100
There is much that is strange but nothing that surpasses man in strangeness Sophocles Philosophical 97
A man growing old becomes a child again. Sophocles age 97
For Time calls only once and that determines all. Sophocles Opportunity 97
Success is dependent on effort. Sophocles Success 97
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception. Sophocles Money 96
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing. Sophocles Uncategorized 95
Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish. Sophocles Death 95
Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain. Sophocles Suffering 94
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. Sophocles Wisdom 93
Without labor nothing prospers. Sophocles Labor 91
To him who is in fear everything rustles. Sophocles Fear 89
There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad. Sophocles Men 88
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all. Sophocles Time 87
A man growing old becomes a child again. Sophocles Age 87
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth. Sophocles Conceal 87
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 Politics 86
Kindness gives birth to kindness. Sophocles Kindness 86
For the dead there are no more toils. Sophocles Death 85
No speech can stain what is noble by nature. Sophocles Nature 85
Time alone reveals the just man but you might discern a bad man in a single day. Sophocles alone 84
When trouble ends even troubles please. Sophocles Problems 83
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. Sophocles Another 81
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. Sophocles Sad 81
I well believe it, to unwilling ears;None love the messenger who brings bad news. Sophocles 81
You win the victory when you yield to friends. Sophocles Friends 80

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