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
men ideas cant
You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
Oh death, death, why do you never come to me thus summoned always day by day?
path common mankind
To err from the right path is common to mankind.
kings pain grief
Sleep, ignorant of pain, sleep, ignorant of grief, may you come to us blowing softly, kindly, kindly come king.
life men heaven
Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.
memories powerful terrible
There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
war news merit
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
hate men mind
Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship.
fall prosperity destruction
Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.
gossip likes news
Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
time waiting evening
We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been.
heart thinking spirit
Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
army men space
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
anger judgment gentle
To those who err in judgment, not in will, anger is gentle.