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
shine-bright light shining
If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.
believe men thinking
Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the powerTo reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
men know-me knows
What men have seen they know. . . .
men tidy tidings
No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.
love war victim
War loves to seek its victims in the young.
children hate giving
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
succeed toil remember
Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
speech noble stains
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
soul self-improvement glory
It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.
theatre fool actors
A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.
honesty men sides
No honest man will argue on every side
giving silence grace
Silence gives the proper grace to women
mind needs care
Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.
argument blind call-me
When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind.