Inspirational Quotes by Sophocles — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.”

“Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?”

“Not from Hades' black and universal lake can you lift him. Not by groaning, not by prayers. Yet you run yourself out in a grief with no cure, no time-limit, no measure. It is a knot no one can untie. Why are you so in love with things unbearable?”

“Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.”

“The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength”

“And if you think I've acted foolishly, maybe I'm being charged with folly by a fool.”

“A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist”

“A lie never grows old.”

“What foolishness it is to desire more life, after one has tasted”

“One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.”

““One word”

“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.”

“A short saying often contains much wisdom.”

“A short saying oft contains much wisdom.”

“Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them.”

“Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.”

“Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.”

“Numberless are the worlds wonders, but none more wonderful than man.”