The Sophocles
The Sophocles
The Sophocles quotes about
sleep medicine giving
Sleep's the only medicine that gives ease.
proud birth dies
Nobly to live, or else nobly to die,Befits proud birth.
oedipus helping
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in truth!
birthday age how-to-love
Not even old age knows how to love death.
money antigone world
Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
taken two mind
When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive; for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods.
gratitude favour gains
Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
punishment evil gains
Evil gains work their punishment.
kindness
Kindness will always attract kindness.
crosses driven none path power stormy threaten white wonderful wonders
Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him...
greek-poet justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
greek-poet
I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow.
greek-poet man nature
All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.
among ancient call cannot good greek-poet life man men mortals saying thoroughly understand
There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.