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
children love-is ice
Love is like ice in the hands of children,
wise player luck
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
speech sound ill
To me no profitable speech sounds ill.
lying
A lie never lives to be old.
ruins watches trouble
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
wise men advice
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
dark destiny might
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
secret secrecy all-things
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
halloween dark clouds
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
judging antigone
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!
next birth reckoning
Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
grief sorrow gentle
Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
desire saving investment
Always desire to learn something useful
men blind every-man
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.