Men Quotes by Sophocles

To the man who is afraid everything rustles.

— Sophocles

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

— Sophocles

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

— Sophocles

Often have brief words laid men low and then raise them up.

— Sophocles

Many the wonders but nothing walks stranger than man.

— Sophocles

For no one loves the bearer of bad tidings.

— Sophocles

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

— Sophocles

Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.

— Sophocles

For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly.

— Sophocles

Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.

— Sophocles

A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good

— Sophocles

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as…

— Sophocles

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

— Sophocles

The curse of ignorance is that man without being good or evil is nevertheless satisfied with himself

— Sophocles

How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise

— Sophocles

It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him.

— Sophocles

Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered…

— Sophocles

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and…

— Sophocles

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go…

— Sophocles

Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind,…

— Sophocles

There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether…

— Sophocles

Surely there never was so evil a thing as money, which maketh cities into ruinous heaps, and banisheth men from their houses,…

— Sophocles

The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once…

— Sophocles

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then…

— Sophocles

Nothing so evil as money ever grew to be current among men. This lays cities low, this drives men from their homes,…

— Sophocles

When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth…

— Sophocles

A man is nothing but breath and shadow.

— Sophocles

All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

— Sophocles

For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.

— Sophocles

No man loves life like him that's growing old.

— Sophocles

Heaven never helps the man who will not help himself

— Sophocles

Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.

— Sophocles

It is the brave man's part to live with glory, or with glory die.

— Sophocles

No honest man will argue on every side

— Sophocles

A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.

— Sophocles

When men have killed joy, I do not believe they still live.

— Sophocles

What men have seen they know. . . .

— Sophocles

The sleep of a sick man has keen eyes. It is a sleep unsleeping.

— Sophocles

Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship.

— Sophocles

A fearful man is always hearing things.

— Sophocles