“Man's worst ill is stubbornness of heart.”
Source: Nine Greek Dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes
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“Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.”
Source: Dramas of Sophocles
“It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.”
Source: The tragedies of Sophocles, in Engl. prose. The Oxford tr
“It made our hair stand up in panic fear.”
Source: Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus
“The good befriend themselves.”
Source: Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus
“True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills”
Source: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
“A friend in word is never friend of mine.”
Source: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
“Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.”
Source: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles
Source: The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus
Source: Antigone In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“Goodbye to the sun that shines for me no longer.”
Source: The Antigone of Sophocles: An English Version by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald
Source: The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus
Source: The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus
“Know'st not whate'er we do is done in love?”
Source: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
“How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.”
“A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.”
“Pardon, and keep silent, for what is shameful for women must be concealed among women.”
“Often have brief words laid men low and then raise them up.”
“Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding.”
“Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.”
“If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds.”
“For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly.”
“For even bold natures flee, whenever they see Hades close to life.”
“The joy that comes past hope and beyond expectation is like no other pleasure in extent.”
“One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.”
“Trouble brings trouble upon trouble.”
Source: Plays: With Original Explanatory English Notes