Sophocles Quotes
497 BC – 406 BC
Greek tragedian, author of "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone".
26 quotesAbout Sophocles on Wikipedia
“For a day can humble all human beings, and a day can lift them up.”
“Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.”
“Courage, my daughter, courage; great still in heaven is Zeus, who sees and governs all.”
“When a man shrinks not from a deed, neither is he scared by a word.”
“Time alone shows a just man; but thou couldst discern a knave even in one day.”
“Wisdom is a curse when wisdom does nothing for the man who has it.”
“Evil seems good, soon or late, to him whose mind the god draws to mischief.”
“There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man.”
“Knowledge must come through action; thou canst have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.”
