Sophocles
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, The Women of Trachis, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
nurse evil soul
The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
grief grieving mind
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
loyalty bad-friend
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
gratitude giving birth
Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
grief sadness sorrow
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
speaking-well speech terrible
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
kindness evermore begets
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
strength hands
Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
lucky dice
God's dice always have a lucky roll.
speech sound ill
To me no profitable speech sounds ill.
happy way depends
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
hard-work past today
Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
speak dishonor good-sense
It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
grief worry causes
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.