One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is love.Sophocles
Sophocles Quotes
Sophocles (Playwright, 497 BC – 406 BC). Below are 11 quotes by Sophocles from QuotePlace, each as a beautiful quote card.
Playwright · 497 BC – 406 BC
Sophocles was an Athenian tragedian who wrote more than 120 plays, of which seven survive complete. Oedipus Rex and Antigone, his most famous works, set the pattern for Western tragedy.
Quotes by Sophocles
1.One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is love.
2.Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
3.A short saying often contains much wisdom.
4.A short saying oft contains much wisdom.
5.Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them.
6.Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
7.Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
8.Numberless are the worlds wonders, but none more wonderful than man.
9.All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
10.One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
11.I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
Sophocles Quote Gallery
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.Sophocles
A short saying often contains much wisdom.Sophocles
A short saying oft contains much wisdom.Sophocles
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them.Sophocles
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.Sophocles
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.Sophocles
Numberless are the worlds wonders, but none more wonderful than man.Sophocles
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.Sophocles
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.Sophocles
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.Sophocles