Sophocles Quotes

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

– Sophocles

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

– Sophocles

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

– Sophocles

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

– Sophocles

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

– Sophocles

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

– Sophocles

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

– Sophocles

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

– Sophocles

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

– Sophocles

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

– Sophocles