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Sophocles Quotes

«One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.»
Author: Sophocles
«The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not»
Author: Sophocles | Keywords: obedient
«In a just cause the weak will beat the strong»
Author: Sophocles
«None loves the messenger who brings bad news»
Author: Sophocles | Keywords: Bad News
«War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always»
Author: Sophocles | About: War
«It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.»
Author: Sophocles
«Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.»
Author: Sophocles | Keywords: perverse
«You don't know what kind of day you will have, until evening.»
Author: Sophocles
«There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.»
Author: Sophocles | Keywords: punished
«Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.»
Author: Sophocles | Keywords: wraps

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