Quotes from Sophocles

Someone asked Sophocles, How do you feel now about sex Are you able to have a woman He replied, Hush man most gladly indeed am I rid off it all, as though I had escaped from a mad and savage master.

Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.

To err from the right path is common to mankind.

To exert his power in doing good is man?s most glorious task.

To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain.

To revive sorrow is cruel.

To those who err in judgment, not in will, anger is gentle.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.

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

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away

I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Time, which sees all things, has found you out.

Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.

You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.