Sophocles Quotes

15 quotes by 14 authors

All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained. — John Banville
In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles? are you still… — Plato
William Shakespeare was the most remarkable storyteller that the world has ever known. Homer told of adventure and men at war, Sophocles and Tolstoy told… — Marchette Chute
Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were. — Aristotle
In the center of all rests the sun. For who would place this lamp of a very beautiful temple in another or better place that… — Nicolaus Copernicus
It is the courage to make a clean breast of it in the face of every question that makes the philosopher. He must be like… — Arthur Schopenhauer
I never can hear a crowd of people singing and gesticulating, all together, at an Italian opera, without fancying myself at Athens, listening to that… — Edgar Allan Poe
The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course,… — Lynne Truss
I agree with Sophocles: the greatest luck is not to have been born - but, as the joke goes on, very few people succeed in… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
Abysmal vermin that I am, I couldn't of course tell her that it was her incredible mother that I wanted to see againâ€¦ I knew… — Woody Allen
And indeed it was, the arrow still protruding from its wet, grayish skin, humping its body along with incredible speed. A flick of its tail… — Cassandra Clare
By the Angel, it just crushed Sophocles," noted Will. "Has no one respect for the classics these days? — Cassandra Clare
The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip… — Guy Davenport
Sophocles was a general: a warrior writing plays about military situations. — Adam Driver
Always desire to learn something useful. --Sophocles — Sophocles

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