769 Quotes by Sophocles

No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over?

Wisdom is a dreadful thing when it brings no knowledge to its possessor.

From suffering that has been/ Decreed no man will ever find escape

Stranger in a strange country.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

False words do not bring forth fruit.

Know'st not whate'er we do is done in love?

Thou shalt not ration justice.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.