Quote

Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.

Sophocles

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sophocles
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
Writer
Kolonos
Alone
Word
Right
Must
Think
Thinking

More quotes by Sophocles

Image
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
Sophocles
Image
Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
Sophocles
Image
Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend.
Sophocles
Image
And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.
Sophocles
Image
How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.
Sophocles
Image
Time is a kindly God.
Sophocles
Image
Men should pledge themselves to nothing for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
Sophocles
Image
Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
Sophocles
Image
Evil gains work their punishment.
Sophocles
Image
It made our hair stand up in panic fear.
Sophocles
Image
Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal.
Sophocles
Image
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
Sophocles
Image
A human being is only breath and shadow.
Sophocles
Image
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
Sophocles
Image
Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.
Sophocles
Image
To him who is afraid, everything rustles.
Sophocles
Image
Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.
Sophocles
Image
I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
Sophocles
Image
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
Sophocles
Image
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
Sophocles