Sophocles Quotes

‘I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.’ – Sophocles

‘Without labor nothing prospers.’ – Sophocles

‘To him who is in fear everything rustles.’ – Sophocles

‘Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.’ – Sophocles

‘Success is dependent on effort.’ – Sophocles

‘Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.’ – Sophocles

‘I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.’ – Sophocles

‘Without labor nothing prospers.’ – Sophocles

‘To him who is in fear everything rustles.’ – Sophocles

‘Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.’ – Sophocles

‘Success is dependent on effort.’ – Sophocles

‘Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.’ – Sophocles

‘Always desire to learn something useful.’ – Sophocles

‘The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.’ – Sophocles

‘Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.’ – Sophocles

‘One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.’ – Sophocles

‘To be doing good deeds is man’s most glorious task.’ – Sophocles

‘There is no success without hardship.’ – Sophocles

‘The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.’ – Sophocles

‘No enemy is worse than bad advice.’ – Sophocles

‘There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.’ – Sophocles

‘A man growing old becomes a child again.’ – Sophocles

‘There is no greater evil than anarchy.’ – Sophocles

‘A human being is only breath and shadow.’ – Sophocles

‘For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.’ – Sophocles

‘A lie never lives to be old.’ – Sophocles