Hush! check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is. — Sophocles
I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow. — Sophocles
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: “thou shalt not ration justice.” — Sophocles
If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright. — Sophocles
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. — Sophocles
Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him. — Sophocles
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. — Sophocles
Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution. — Sophocles