Sophocles Quotes

Evil sometimes seems good To a man whose mind A god leads to destruction.

All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

Whatever is sought for can be caught, you know, whatever is neglected slips away.

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.

ἰὼ
σκότος, ἐμὸν φάος,
ἔρεβος ὦ φαεννότατον, ὡς ἐμοί,
ἕλεσθ᾽ ἕλεσθέ μ᾽ οἰκήτορα,
ἕλεσθέ μ᾽

I am free! for I have in me the strength of truth.

The working of the mind discover oft
Dark deeds in darkness schemed, before the act.
More hateful still the miscreant who seeks
When caught, to make a virtue of a crime.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

The truth is always the strongest argument.

We long to have again the vanished past, in spite of all its pain.

No man loves life like him that's growing old.

I pleasure those whom I would liefest please.

And if you find I've lied, from this day on call the prophet blind.

All my care is you, and all my pleasure yours.