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
mad insanity firsts
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
long gains life-is
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
evil
To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
trouble ends please
When trouble ends even troubles please.
grief men suffering
Deem no man happy until he passes the edo fhis life without suffering grief.
toil rewards classroom
Success is the reward for toil.
silence ornaments silence-is
Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
justice harm
There is a time when even justice brings harm.
money men cities
Surely there never was so evil a thing as money, which maketh cities into ruinous heaps, and banisheth men from their houses, and turneth their thoughts from good unto evil.
noble impossible speak
It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.
love daughter hardship
It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love.
all-things concealed
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.
battle
Not even Ares battles against necessity.
doe reverence mortals
Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.