769 Quotes by Sophocles

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.

You cannot know a man's life before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

Opportunity has power over all things.

It is the brave man's part to live with glory, or with glory die.

When men have killed joy, I do not believe they still live.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.