769 Quotes by Sophocles

I well believe it, to unwilling ears; None love the messenger who brings bad news.

I didn’t say yes. I can say no to anything I say vile, and I don’t have to count the cost. But because you said yes, all that you can do, for all your crown and your trappings, and your guards – all that your can do is to have me killed.

It’s terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.

Heaven ne’er helps the men who will not act.

Always desire to learn something useful.

Therefore, while our eyes wait to see the destined final day, we must call no one happy who is of mortal race, until he has crossed life’s border, free from pain.

What greater ornament to a son than a father’s glory, or to a father than a son’s honorable conduct?

For a man to help others with all his gifts and native strength: that is the noblest work.

Despite so many ordeals, my advanced age and the nobility of my soul make me conclude that all is well.