769 Quotes by Sophocles

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been.

When people fall in deep distress, their native sense departs.

I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.

All our mortal lives are set in danger and perplexity: one day to prosper, and the next -- who knows? When all is well, then look for rocks ahead.