Quotes By Author: Sophocles

“Alas! how terrible it is to know, Where no good comes of knowing!”

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

“Alas, how terrible is wisdomwhen it brings no profit to the man that’s wise!This I knew well, but had forgotten it,else I would not have come here.”

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

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

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

“A lie never grows old.”

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

“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.”