769 Quotes by Sophocles

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.

But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

The stubbornest of wills Are soonest bended, as the hardest iron, O'er-heated in the fire to brittleness,Flies soonest into fragments, shivered through.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness.

Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.

Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?