Sophocles quotes

“When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse”

— Sophocles

“Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.”

— Sophocles

“If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.”

— Sophocles

“Without labor nothing prospers. ”

— Sophocles

“Reason is God's crowning gift to man. ”

— Sophocles

“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. ”

— Sophocles

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

— Sophocles

“But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless. ”

— Sophocles

“Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.”

— Sophocles

“Even a poor man can receive honors.”

— Sophocles

“Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.”

— Sophocles

“God's dice always have a lucky roll.”

— Sophocles

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

— Sophocles

“ Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies? ”

— Sophocles

“Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.”

— Sophocles

“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.”

— Sophocles

“Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.”

— Sophocles

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

— Sophocles

“A lie never lives to be old. ”

— Sophocles

“There is a point at which even justice does injury.”

— Sophocles

“To him who is in fear everything rustles.”

— Sophocles

“For the dead there are no more toils. ”

— Sophocles

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

— Sophocles

“Best to live lightly, unthinkingly. ”

— Sophocles

“There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled? ”

— Sophocles

“In a just cause the weak will beat the strong. ”

— Sophocles

“The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.”

— Sophocles

“It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. ”

— Sophocles

“Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.”

— Sophocles

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

— Sophocles