Quotes from Sophocles

though it costs a little sorrow in the bargain

Whoever thinks that he alone possesses intelligence, the gift of eloquence, he and no one else, and character too ... such men, I tell you, spread them open - you will find them empty

Sei abile con la lingua. Ma non conosco nessun uomo onesto che trovi parole belle per ogni circostanza

The punishment begins here—where will the end be?

No quieras imponer tu voluntad en todo. Pues incluso aquello donde la impusiste no te ha acompañado toda tu vida.

You won't listen to reason at all, will you? No. My mind is my own.

CHOR. Denn weder reifen des herrlichen Landes Früchte noch tauchen bei ihren Geburten aus qualvollen Schmerzen empor die Frauen; doch einen zum andern kannst du sehen gleich gut befiederten Vögeln, jäher als unwiderstehliches Feuer losfliegen dem Strande zu des abenddunkeln Gottes.

Aber gewiß. Zum Hasse nicht, zur Liebe bin ich.

El que no tiene temor ante los hechos tampoco tiene miedo a la palabra.

ÖDIPUS. Wie packt mich, da ich eben dich gehört hab, Frau, der Seele Irrlauf und Erschütterung des Geistes!

Twere best, if anything is best in evil times. What's soonest done, is best, when all is ill.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly

IOKASTE. So ging das Gerücht und ist noch nicht verstummt.

you are about to see a sight, a horror even his mortal enemy would pity.

Thus (through the eyes of my young acolyte, Who sees for me, that I may see for others) I read the signs of failure in my quest.

We have only a little time to please the living, But all eternity to love the dead.

what dark power leapt beyond all bounds, beyond belief, to crush your wretched life?

godforsaken, cursed by the gods! I pity you but I can't bear to look.

Mark this, my son: all people fall into sin. But sinning, they are not for ever lost Hapless and helpless, who can make amends And has not set their face against repentance. Only a fool is governed by self-will.

One word frees us from all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Warm für die Kalten leidet deine Seele. (warm for the cold does your soul burn) - Ismene to Antigone

Warm für die Kalten leidet deine Seele.

What you think later makes you wrong before.

sólo el tiempo muestra al hombre justo, mientras que podrías conocer al perverso en un solo día.