769 Quotes by Sophocles

Not long now: the blazing dream of my head is crawling out.

I only ask to live, with pure faith keepingIn word and deed that Law which leaps the sky,Made of no mortal mould, undimmed, unsleepingWhose living godhead does not age or die.

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away

All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth toward death?Anyone who warms their heart with the glow Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all. The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said.

We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.

Shame I do feel. And I know there is something all wrong about me—believe me. Sometimes I shock myself.

Which would you choose if you could:pleasure for yourself despite your friendsor a share in their grief?

Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.