“How terrible-- to see the truth when the truth is only pain to him who sees!”

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

“CHORUS:You that live in my ancestral Thebes, behold this Oedipus,- him who knew the famous riddles and was a man most masterful; not a citizen who did not look with envy on his lot- see him now and see the breakers of misfortune swallow him!Look upon that last day always. Count no mortal happy till he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain.”

“They see you and me: they know my pain's a fact, my revenge is empty breath.”

“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!”

“Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,to speak dishonorably is pardonable.”

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