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
hands opinion greater
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
hands mourning weeping
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
appreciation men hands
Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
men hands house
Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.
lying men hands
Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time to come?
men hands excellence
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
strength hands
Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
lying men hands
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
cheating fail honor prefer win
I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating
brevity goes greek-poet wisdom
Much wisdom often goes with brevity of speech.
certainty learns though until
One learns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try
bad brings loves messenger news none
None loves the messenger who brings bad news.
crosses driven none path power stormy threaten white wonderful wonders
Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him...
dreadful greek-poet knowledge truth
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.