Quotes from Sophocles

and now a plague has struck the city.

stillborn, and the plague, the fiery god of fever hurls down on the city, his lightning slashing through us— raging plague in all its vengeance, devastating the house of Cadmus!

Ni pensaba yo que tus proclamas tuvieran tanta fuerza que permitieran a un mortal transgredir las leyes no escritas e inmutables de los dioses.

once he returns, then, then I'll be a traitor if I do not do all the god makes clear.

La insolencia produce al tirano.

tell them I'll do everything. God help us, we will see our triumph—or our fall.

and there is no sword of thought to save us

But leave me to my own absurdity, leave me to suffer this - dreadful thing. I will suffer nothing as great as death without glory.

Bu durumda dostlar?m, ne ak?ll? ne dindar olmak mümkündür; kötülüÄŸün içinde bizi kötülüÄŸe zorlayan güç çok büyüktür.

Y ¿qué podría temer un hombre para quien los imperativos de la fortuna son los que le pueden dominar, y no existe previsión clara de nada? Lo más seguro es vivir al azar, según cada uno pueda.

Tell it anyway. Little words can mean death or life sometimes.

É uma vergonha para um homem almejar uma longa vida, se não conseguir libertar-se dos seus males.

Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgement, not till he's shown his colors, ruling the people, making laws. Experience, there's the test.

She is disturbed and disturbing.

This time let me be. Let me rage.

Your heart beats hotly for chilling work!

Yours is a grief that can't be quenched.

Tell me, why do you love misery so much?

Hopeless frustration devoured my youth.

I'm forced to be outrageous by the outrage all around me!

How do you measure misery?

I should have praise and honor for what I have done: All these men here would praise me. Were their lips not frozen shut with fear of you. Ah the good fortune of kings. Licensed to say and do whatever the please. Antigone to Theben's king Creon

you and your loved ones live together in infamy, you cannot see how far you've gone in guilt.

I'm so immersed in all this evil, how could I not be evil too?