Sophocles Quotes

It is best to live anyhow, as one may; do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with their mothers in dreams too. It is he to whom such things are nothing who puts up with life best.

When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.

Love invincible in battle.

You see how when rivers are swollen in winter those trees that yield to the flood retain their branches, but those that offer resistance perish, trunk and all.

One must obey the man whom the city sets up in power in small things and in justice and in its opposite.

Many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man.