Famous Sophocles Quotes

  • There is much that is strange, but nothing that surpasses man in strangeness – Sophocles

    There is much that is strange, but nothing that surpasses man in strangeness– Sophocles

  • Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong. – Sophocles

    Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong.– Sophocles

  • In a just cause the weak will beat the strong! – Sophocles

    In a just cause the weak will beat the strong!– Sophocles

  • Haemon: No city is property of a single man.Creon: But custom gives possession to the ruler.Haemon: You’d rule a desert beautifully alone. – Sophocles

    Haemon: No city is property of a single man.Creon: But custom gives possession to the ruler.Haemon: You’d rule a desert beautifully alone.– Sophocles

  • For Time calls only once, and that determines all. – Sophocles

    For Time calls only once, and that determines all.– Sophocles

  • Thou wouldst make a good monarch of a desert – Sophocles

    Thou wouldst make a good monarch of a desert– Sophocles

  • I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State. – Sophocles

    I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State.– Sophocles

  • There is no greater evil than men’s failure to consult and to consider. – Sophocles

    There is no greater evil than men’s failure to consult and to consider.– Sophocles

  • The only crime is pride. – Sophocles

    The only crime is pride.– Sophocles

  • A sight to touch e’en hatred’s self with pity. – Sophocles

    A sight to touch e’en hatred’s self with pity.– Sophocles