769 Quotes by Sophocles

No pity for these things, there is no pity but mine, oh father, for the pity of your butchering rawblood death.

I could not turn away from anyone Like you, a stranger, or refuse to help him. I know well, being mortal, that my claimUpon the future is no more than yours.

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!

Tomorrow is tomorrow.Future cares have future cures,And we must mind today.

Man's worst ill is stubbornness of heart.

I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State.

My nails are broken, my fingers are bleeding, my arms are covered with the welts left by the paws of your guards—but I am a queen!

What you cannot enforce, do not command!

Truth is always the strongest argument.