Only the Greatest and the Best Quotes from Sophocles
Quote : "The two who gave thee birth' they held me wise."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1144)
Quote : "This day shall give thee birth and blot thee out."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1145)
Quote : "Behold the brother-father of his own
Children' the seed' the sower and the sown'
Shame to his mother's blood' and to his sire
Son' murderer' incest-worker"
Children' the seed' the sower and the sown'
Shame to his mother's blood' and to his sire
Son' murderer' incest-worker"
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1146)
Quote : "The man who thinks that bitter pride alone
Can guide him' without thought?his mind is sick."
Can guide him' without thought?his mind is sick."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1147)
Quote : "O King; in thought the swift win not the prize."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1148)
Quote : "Reject not one who never failed his troth
Of old and now is strong in his great oath."
Of old and now is strong in his great oath."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1149)
Quote : "I must know
My mother's body and beget thereon
A race no mortal eye durst look upon'
And spill in murder mine own father's blood."
My mother's body and beget thereon
A race no mortal eye durst look upon'
And spill in murder mine own father's blood."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1150)