Sophocles Quotes
Most popular Sophocles Quotes
![To err is human. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/82/8882A-to-err-is-human-sophocles.png)
To err is human.
![No man can escape his fate. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/38/20338A-no-man-can-escape-his-fate-sophocles.png)
No man can escape his fate.
![Wisdom outweighs any wealth. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/74/53774A-wisdom-outweighs-any-wealth-sophocles.png)
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
![What's done cannot be undone. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/63/4963A-whats-done-cannot-be-undone-sophocles.png)
What's done cannot be undone.
![Success is dependent on effort. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/42/53342A-success-is-dependent-on-effort-sophocles.png)
Success is dependent on effort.
![Without labor nothing prospers. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/28/7728A-without-labor-nothing-prospers-sophocles.png)
Without labor nothing prospers.
![Let one nobly live or nobly die. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/05/2405A-let-one-nobly-live-or-nobly-die-sophocles.png)
Let one nobly live or nobly die.
![Great Time makes all things dim. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/74/2974A-great-time-makes-all-things-dim-sophocles.png)
Great Time makes all things dim.
![Kindness gives birth to kindness. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/42/11242A-kindness-gives-birth-to-kindness-sophocles.png)
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
![No enemy is worse than bad advice. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/12/4612A-no-enemy-is-worse-than-bad-advice-sophocles.png)
No enemy is worse than bad advice.
![For money you would sell your soul? - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/80/8080A-for-money-you-would-sell-your-soul-sophocles.png)
For money you would sell your soul?
![There is no success without hardship. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/17/7917A-there-is-no-success-without-hardship-sophocles.png)
There is no success without hardship.
![Fortune is not for the faint-hearted. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/26/2826A-fortune-is-not-for-the-faint-hearted-sophocles.png)
Fortune is not for the faint-hearted.
![For kindness begets kindness evermore. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/76/16076A-for-kindness-begets-kindness-evermore-sophocles.png)
For kindness begets kindness evermore.
![Find friendship an unstable anchorage. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/14/9414A-find-friendship-an-unstable-anchorage-sophocles.png)
Find friendship an unstable anchorage.
![Strike at a great man and you will miss - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/09/4109A-strike-at-a-great-man-and-you-will-miss-sophocles.png)
Strike at a great man and you will miss
![A mind at peace does not engender wars. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/06/37206A-a-mind-at-peace-does-not-engender-wars-sophocles.png)
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
![Truth is always the strongest argument. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/56/4156A-truth-is-always-the-strongest-argument-sophocles.png)
Truth is always the strongest argument.
![A short saying oft contains much wisdom. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/31/21931A-a-short-saying-oft-contains-much-wisdom-sophocles.png)
A short saying oft contains much wisdom.
![Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/75/50975A-fortune-cannot-aid-those-who-do-nothing-sophocles.png)
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
![The dice of Zeus have ever lucky throws. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/09/2809A-the-dice-of-zeus-have-ever-lucky-throws-sophocles.png)
The dice of Zeus have ever lucky throws.
![Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/35/11535A-wisdom-is-the-supreme-part-of-happiness-sophocles.png)
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
![Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/08/5208A-much-wisdom-often-goes-with-fewest-words-sophocles.png)
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
![I cannot love a friend whose love is words. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/13/9413A-i-cannot-love-a-friend-whose-love-is-words-sophocles.png)
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
![Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/82/11182A-our-happiness-depends-on-wisdom-all-way-sophocles.png)
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
![To be doing good is man's most glorious task. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/86/3986A-to-be-doing-good-is-mans-most-glorious-task-sophocles.png)
To be doing good is man's most glorious task.
![In a just cause the weak will beat the strong. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/35/2235A-in-a-just-cause-the-weak-will-beat-strong-sophocles.png)
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
![Old age and the wear of time teach many things. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/31/10331A-old-age-and-the-wear-of-time-teach-many-things-sophocles.png)
Old age and the wear of time teach many things.
![Wisdom is the most important part of happiness. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/85/3585A-wisdom-is-the-most-important-part-happiness-sophocles.png)
Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.
![No man loves life like one who is growing older. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/32/10332A-no-man-loves-life-like-one-who-is-growing-older-sophocles.png)
No man loves life like one who is growing older.
![Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/64/13364A-children-are-the-anchors-that-hold-mother-life-sophocles.png)
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
![Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/16/8916A-wonders-are-many-and-none-is-more-wonderful-than-man-sophocles.png)
Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man.
![Troubles hurt the most when they prove self-inflicted. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/40/41240A-troubles-hurt-the-most-when-they-prove-self-inflicted-sophocles.png)
Troubles hurt the most when they prove self-inflicted.
![Kindness it is that which brings forth kindness always. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/00/4000A-kindness-it-is-that-which-brings-forth-kindness-always-sophocles.png)
Kindness it is that which brings forth kindness always.
![I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/97/20197A-i-would-prefer-even-to-fail-with-honor-than-win-sophocles.png)
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
![There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/98/50998A-there-is-no-greater-evil-for-men-than-constraint-fortune-sophocles.png)
There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
![Though a soul be wise, it is no shame for him to live and learn. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/72/4472A-though-a-soul-be-wise-it-is-no-shame-him-sophocles.png)
Though a soul be wise, it is no shame for him to live and learn.
![More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/48/7848A-more-men-come-to-doom-through-dirty-profits-than-are-sophocles.png)
More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them.
![Numberless are the world's wonders, but none more wonderful than man. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/18/23618A-numberless-are-the-worlds-wonders-but-none-more-wonderful-than-sophocles.png)
Numberless are the world's wonders, but none more wonderful than man.
![In season, all is good." — "Who does not befriend himself by doing good? - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/87/3987A-in-season-all-is-good-who-does-not-befriend-himself-sophocles.png)
In season, all is good." — "Who does not befriend himself by doing good?
![How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that is wise! - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/73/4473A-how-terrible-is-wisdom-when-it-brings-no-profit-man-sophocles.png)
How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that is wise!
![One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is love. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/12/3312A-one-word-frees-us-of-all-weight-pain-life-that-sophocles.png)
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is love.
![If men live decently it is because discipline
saves their very lives for them. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/02/29602A-if-men-live-decently-it-is-because-discipline-saves-their-sophocles.png)
If men live decently it is because discipline saves their very lives for them.
![All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/64/10064A-all-is-disgust-when-a-man-leaves-his-own-nature-sophocles.png)
All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
![When a man has lost all happiness,
he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/21/41521A-when-a-man-has-lost-all-happiness-hes-not-alive-sophocles.png)
When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.
![No man has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/10/8510A-no-man-has-a-more-sacred-obligation-obey-law-than-sophocles.png)
No man has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.
![A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/54/5654A-a-man-though-wise-should-never-be-ashamed-learning-more-sophocles.png)
A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
![I see
that everywhere among the race of men
it is the tongue that wins and not the deed. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/90/41090A-i-see-that-everywhere-among-the-race-men-it-is-sophocles.png)
I see that everywhere among the race of men it is the tongue that wins and not the deed.
![There is no witness so terrible — no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/62/2462A-there-is-no-witness-so-terrible-no-accuser-so-powerful-sophocles.png)
There is no witness so terrible — no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
![One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it you have no certainty, until you try. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/85/7485A-one-must-learn-by-doing-the-thing-though-you-think-sophocles.png)
One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it you have no certainty, until you try.
![Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/24/2724A-fate-has-terrible-power-you-cannot-escape-it-by-wealth-sophocles.png)
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
![If any count on two days, or any more, to come, they are a fool; for a man has no morrow, till with good luck he has got through today. - Sophocles quote.](/img/q/35/3135A-if-any-count-on-two-days-or-any-more-come-sophocles.png)
If any count on two days, or any more, to come, they are a fool; for a man has no morrow, till with good luck he has got through today.
In a just cause, the weak will beat the strong.