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
cure evils greek-poet less possible raise valuable
If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.
men expectations evil
A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good
mother work evil
Laziness is the mother of all evils.
evil gains ill
Ill-gotten gains work evil.
uprising evil dying
Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
evil sailing fairs
It is always fair sailing, when you escape evil.
evil pet want
Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to.
wish-to-die evil worst
Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
evil excuse ends
The end excuses any evil.
running evil goal
We should not speak of one that prospers well As happy, till his life have run its course, And reached its goal. An evil spirit's gift In shortest time has oft laid low the state Of one full rich in great prosperity, When the change comes, and so the Gods appoint.
ignorance men evil
The curse of ignorance is that man without being good or evil is nevertheless satisfied with himself
ignorance evil tough
Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
fate evil enemy
Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he's my enemy. He's yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be mine. I see clearly: we who live are all phantoms, fleeing shadows.
errors evil common
To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved.