For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“No pity for these things, there is no pity but mine, oh father, for the pity of your butchering rawblood death.” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct? — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“None but a fool or an infant could forget a father gone so far and cold. No. Lament is a pattern cut… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“TEIRESIAS: You have your eyes but see not where you are in sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with.… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
It is best to live anyhow, as one may; do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“Long, long ago; her thought was of that child By him begot, the son by whom the sire Was murdered and the… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“Ah me! think, sister, how our father perished, amid hate and scorn, when sins bared by his own search had moved him… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Men whose wit has been mother of villainy once have learned from it to be evil in all things. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“Another husband could be found and with That husband another son. But I have no mother now. I have no father. I… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
