769 Quotes by Sophocles

When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind.

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.

If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.

To never have been born may be the greatest boon of all.

It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a girl: Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor! Even the pure immortals cannot escape you, And mortal man, in his one day's dusk, Trembles before your glory.