Sophocles
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote 120 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, The Women of Trachis, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
father opportunity giving
Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.
children grief heart
Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.
trouble
Trouble brings trouble upon trouble.
thinking speech speak
One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.
wise wisdom loss
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
mother dream may
It is best to live anyhow, as one may; do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with their mothers in dreams too. It is he to whom such things are nothing who puts up with life best.
fear men he-man
To the man who is afraid everything rustles.
men hands excellence
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
hell hades
For even bold natures flee, whenever they see Hades close to life.
support silence knows
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
eye sight soul
As sight is in the eye, so is the mind in the soul!
men law people
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
hurt self trouble
Troubles hurt the most when they prove self-inflicted.
doe misfits disgusting
All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.