Quotes by Sophocles, The Complete Greek Tragedies

Explore a curated collection of 7 quotes by Sophocles, The Complete Greek Tragedies. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

TEIRESIAS: Alas, how terrible is wisdom whenit brings no profit to the man that's wise!This I knew well, but had forgott — Sophocles, The Complete Greek Tragedies
TEIRESIAS:You have your eyes but see not where you arein sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with.Do you know who — Sophocles, The Complete Greek Tragedies
JOCASTA:So clear in this case were the oracles,so clear and false. Give them no heed, I say;what God discovers need of, — Sophocles, The Complete Greek Tragedies
OEDIPUS:O, O, O, they will all come,all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let melook upon you no more after today!I wh — Sophocles, The Complete Greek Tragedies
CHORUS:You that live in my ancestral Thebes, behold this Oedipus,- him who knew the famous riddles and was a man most ma — Sophocles, The Complete Greek Tragedies
TEIRESIAS:I tell you, king, this man, this murderer(whom you have long declared you are in search of,indicting him in th — Sophocles, The Complete Greek Tragedies
OEDIPUS: Upon the murderer I invoke this curse-whether he is one man and all unknown, or one of many- may he wear out hi — Sophocles, The Complete Greek Tragedies