Source: Sophocles: Fragments
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Famous Sophocles Quotes
“If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.”
Source: The Tragedies of Sophocles: A New Trans., with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes and Lyrical Dialogues
Source: The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus
“If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds.”
“To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain.”
“If to some my tale seems foolishness I am content that such could count me fool.”
Source: The Oedipus Trilogy: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
“And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool's eye.”
“Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.”
Source: The Oedipus plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
“If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.”
Source: Sophocles
“If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.”
Source: The Complete Sophocles: Volume II: Electra and Other Plays
Source: The Tragedies (Annotated Edition)
“If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.”
“If men live decently it is because discipline saves their very lives for them.”
Source: Sophocles
“It is God's giving if we laugh or weep.”
Source: Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, The Trackers
“If they are just, they are better than clever.”
Source: Sophocles
Source: Sophocles