Sophocles

It is not righteousness to outrage a brave man dead, not even though you hate him.

Sophocles

It’s not through words but actions that I want to set the luster on my life.

Sophocles

Leave me to my own absurdity.

Sophocles

Let a man nobly live or nobly die.

Sophocles

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

Sophocles

Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.

Sophocles

Man’s worst ill is stubbornness of heart.

Sophocles

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

Sophocles

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

Sophocles

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Sophocles