Discover Sophocles famous and rare quotes. Share Sophocles quotations about evil, life and children. "The Most beautiful human deed, is to be..."

84 quotes have been tagged as sophocles: Sophocles: ‘Leave me to my own absurdity.’, Sophocles: ‘I ask this one thing: let me go mad in my own way.’, Sop...

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. There is nothing more hateful than bad advice. A wise man does …

Dec 14, 2025 · Achilles' Loves, only surviving fragment (tr. Lloyd-Jones, 1996), often paraphrased: "Love is like ice in the hands of children." A lie never lives to be old. No man loves life like him that's …

“There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.” “I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.” “Whenever a man supposes that he alone has intelligence or expression or feeling, he …

Sourced quotations by the Greek Playwright Sophocles (497 BC — 406 BC) about man, love and wise. Enjoy the best Sophocles quotes and picture quotes!

Children are the anchors of a mother's life. One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. source: - "Oedipus at Colonus". Play by Sophocles, Lines 1616-1618, Who seeks shall …

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Nobody loves life like him that's growing old. Sophocles: Acrisius. To him who is afraid everything rustles. Sophocles: Acrisius. There are many wonderful things, but none is more wonderful than …

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