Only the Greatest and the Best Quotes from Sophocles
Quote : "And I hold the dead man's wife
In these polluting arms that spilt his soul....
Am I a thing born evil?"
In these polluting arms that spilt his soul....
Am I a thing born evil?"
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1151)
Quote : "Tis Pride that breeds the tyrant;"
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1152)
Quote : "Tis the wise man's way
To judge the morrow by the yester day"
To judge the morrow by the yester day"
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1153)
Quote : "Prophets deem
A deed wrought that is wrought but in a dream."
A deed wrought that is wrought but in a dream."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1154)
Quote : "King' what was that? She passed like one who flies
In very anguish. Dread is o'er mine eyes
Lest from this silence break some storm of wrong."
In very anguish. Dread is o'er mine eyes
Lest from this silence break some storm of wrong."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1155)
Quote : "But I' no shame
Can ever touch me. I am Fortune's child'
Not man's; her mother face hath ever smiled
Above me' and my brethren of the sky'"
Can ever touch me. I am Fortune's child'
Not man's; her mother face hath ever smiled
Above me' and my brethren of the sky'"
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1156)
Quote : "O King' I pitied him.
I thought the man would save him to some dim
And distant land' beyond all fear.... And he'
To worse than death' did save him!.."
I thought the man would save him to some dim
And distant land' beyond all fear.... And he'
To worse than death' did save him!.."
- (Author : Sophocles , Book : Oedipus Rex , Quote ID :1157)