Quotes by Sophocles
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.
Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
Always desire to learn something useful.
For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.
A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
