769 Quotes by Sophocles

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'

To women silence gives their proper grace.

Trouble brings trouble upon trouble.

What men have seen they know. . . .

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

Truth is always straightforward.

One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.

War loves to seek its victims in the young.

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.