Quotes From "Antigone" By Sophocles

A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind. Sophocles

I spit on your happiness! I spit on your idea of life--that life that must go on, come what may. You are all like dogs that lick everything they smell. You with your promise of a humdrum happiness--provided a person doesn't ask much of life. I want everything of life, I do; and I want it now! I want it total, complete: otherwise I reject it! I will not be moderate. I will not be satisfied with the bit of cake you offer me if I promise to be a good little girl. I want to be sure of everything this very day; sure that everything will be as beautiful as when I was a little girl. If not, I want to die!. Jean Anouilh

But if I am young, thou shouldest look to my merits, not to my years. Sophocles

And also because - Oh, my darling, my darling, forgive me; I’m going to cause you quite a lot of pain. Sophocles

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money. Sophocles

Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater. That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes, Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul, Pointing out the way to infamy and shame." - Creon Sophocles

May the dead forgive me, I can do no other But as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene Sophocles

Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver. Sophocles

I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life Sophocles

It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me Jean Anouilh

The powe if fate is something terrible. It cannot be escaped--not with wealth or by war, not with a tower ir a sea-lashed black ship. Sophocles

I am determined that never, if I can help it, Shall evil triumph over good." - Creon Sophocles

I didn't say yes. I can say no to anything I say vile, and I don't have to count the cost. But because you said yes, all that you can do, for all your crown and your trappings, and your guards–all that your can do is to have me killed. Sophocles

There is no greater evil than men's failure to consult and to consider. Sophocles

I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State. Sophocles

Thou wouldst make a good monarch of a desert Sophocles

Haemon: No city is property of a single man. Creon: But custom gives possession to the ruler. Haemon: You'd rule a desert beautifully alone. Sophocles

For if any man thinks that he is alone is wise--that in speech, or in mind, he hath no peer--such a soul, when laid open, is ever found empty. Sophocles

Take these things to heart, my son, I warn you. All men make mistakes, it is only human. But once the wrong is done, a mancan turn his back on folly, misfortune too, if he tries to make amends, however low he's fallen, and stops his bullnecked ways. Stubbornnessbrands you for stupidity - pride is a crime. Sophocles

Do not believe that you alone can be right. The man who thinks that, The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul– A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty. Sophocles

Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong. Sophocles

Hail the sun! the brightest of all that ever Dawned on the City of Seven Gates, City of Thebes! Hail the golden dawn over Dirce's river Rising to speed the flight of the white invaders Homeward in full retreat! " - Chorus Sophocles

There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird, When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone." - Sentry Sophocles

No one loves the messenger who brings bad news. Sophocles