769 Quotes by Sophocles

Leave me to my own absurdity.

What greater wound is there than a false friend?

It is my nature to join in love, not hate.

Goodbye to the sun that shines for me no longer;

The penalty is death: yet hope of gain Hath lured men to their ruin oftentimes.

I say that this crime is holy.

Ungeheuer ist vieles, doch nichts ist ungeheurer als der Mensch.

Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgement, not till he's shown his colors, ruling the people, making laws. Experience, there's the test.

Your heart beats hotly for chilling work!