Sophocles Quotes

One word
frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.

It is not in words that I should wish my life to be distinguished, but rather in things done.

Without labor nothing prospers.

I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.

A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength

Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

A lie never grows old.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist

Prefiero, señor, obrar bien y fracasar, antes que triunfar con malas artes.
Palabras de Neoptólemo a Odiseo, en la tragedia griega Filoctetes.

Shall not I
Learn place and wisdom? Have I not learned this,
Only so much to hate my enemy,
As though he might again become my friend,
And so much good to wish to do my friend,
As knowing he may yet become my foe?

We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.

Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.

Alas, how terrible is wisdom
when it brings no profit to the man that's wise!
This I knew well, but had forgotten it,
else I would not have come here.

Those swift to think are not always secure.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

If you try to cure evil with evil
you will add more pain to your fate.