Quotes from Sophocles

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 they please. Antigone to Theben's king Creon

Pues veo que son efectivos, sobre todo, los hechos llevados a cabo por los consejos de los que tienen experiencia.

make grief a weapon!

Not the shape of one I loved. The ashes of a ghost.

Women are warlike too.

If what you plan is just, why do it in the dark?

Nas?l bir felakete uÄŸrad???n?, nerede oturduÄŸunu, kimin yan?nda ömür geçirdiÄŸini görmedikten sonra o gözlerin neye yarar?

Ymmärrä, ettei yksikään kuolevaisista osaa nähdä silmillään.

Jumalat eivät voi tehdä mitä eivät tahdo.

Minua pilkkasit sokeudestani. Sanon: Et näe näkevillä silmillä, kuka asuu kanssasi tässä alhossa.

Niin monet miehet ovat naineet unissaan äitiään.

Sad?k bir dostu reddetmek, bence kendi kendimizi hayat?n en aziz bildiÄŸimiz bir parças?ndan yoksun b?rakmakt?r. ...Çünkü güvenilir insan zamanla anla??l?r, hainin foyas? bir günde ç?kar meydana...

How sad when those who reason, reason wrong.

Enter OEDIPUS, blinded, led by a boy.

Words scare not him who blenches not at deeds.

Think, then, on these things, my son. All men are liable to err; but when an error hath been made, that man is no longer witless or unblest who heals the ill into which he hath fallen, and remains not stubborn. Self-will, we know, incurs the charge of folly.

Yes, if you can, but you're in love with impossibility.

no skill in the world, nothing human can penetrate the future.

Destaca-se a prudência sobremodo como a primeira condição para a felicidade. Não se deve ofender os deuses em nada. A desmedida empáfia nas palavras reverte em desmedidos golpes contra os soberbos que, já na velhice, aprendem afinal prudência.

Only fools think that they alone Are wise, and hear no other point of view. À wise man is never ashamed to learn, To listen, and bend when the time is right. When a flood sweeps through a forest, the trees That bend survive, keep every leaf intact; The ones that don't snap off and are swept away. A wise man knows when to slacken sail; À fool refuses and overturns his ship.

Ai— now I can see it all, clear as day.

Does it hurt in your ears, sir, or in your soul?

The most powerful man in nothing without self-control and mental discipline.

Filho caríssimo de Egeu: somente os deuses fogem aos males da velhice e aos da morte; o tempo onipotente abate tudo mais; decai a força da terra, decai o corpo; a lealdade finda e floresce a perfídia e tanto entre os amigos quanto entre as cidades não prevalece para sempre o mesmo ânimo; agora para uns, amanhã para outros, cede a doçura seu lugar ao amargor e depois volta a transformar-se em amizade