Sophocles

“Far-stretching, endless TimeBrings forth all hidden things,And buries that which once did shine.The firm resolve falters, the sacred oath is shattered;And let none say, "It cannot happen here". ”

“What is God singing in his profound Delphi of gold and shadow?”

“Numberless are the world's wonders, but none more wonderful than man”

“To Never Have been born may be the greatest boon of all”

“In time you will know this well: For time, and time alone, will show the just man, though scoundrels are discovered in a day. ”

“To me so deep a silence portends some dread event; a clamorous sorrow wastes itself in sound.”

“Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.”

“Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.”

“Let every man in mankind's frailty consider his last day; and let none presume on his good fortune until he find Life, at his death, a memory without pain.”

“One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.”

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

“You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.”

“Wild as you are, all that love you must love you still.”

“You, you'll see no more the pain I suffered, all the pain I caused! Too long you looked on the ones you never should have seen, blind to the ones you longed to see, to know! Blind from this hour on! Blind in the darkness-blind!”

“Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came”

“Oblivion - what a blessing...for the mind to dwell a world away from pain.”

“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.”

“The end excuses any evil.”

“Enough words! The criminals are escaping, we the victims, we stand still.”

“They are dying, the old oracles sent to Laius, now our masters strike them off the rolls. Nowhere Apollo's golden glory now -- the gods, the gods go down.”

“That will come when it comes; we must deal with all that lies before us. The future rests with the ones who tend the future.”

“It's terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.”

“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and reverence towards the Gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows, and, in old age, teach the chastened to be wise.”

“Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.”

“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.”

“Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.”

“One wordFrees us of all the weight and pain of life:That word is love.”

“Show me the man who keeps his house in hand,He's fit for public authority.”

“[S]ilence supports the accuser’s charge?”

“One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.”

“Success is dependent on effort.”

“A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.”

“Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.”

“There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.”

“How dreadful the knowledge of the truth can be When there’s no help in truth.”