CHORUS:You that live in my ancestral Thebes, behold this Oedipus,- him who knew the famous riddles and was a man most masterful; not a citizen who did not look with envy on his lot-see him now and see the breakers of misfortune swallow him! Look upon that last day always. Count no mortal happy till he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain.

— Sophocles

Closer, it’s all right. Touch the man of grief. Do. Don’t be afraid. My troubles are mine, and I am the only man alive who can sustain them.

— Sophocles

Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.

— 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

Evil gains work their punishment.

— Sophocles

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

— 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

For Time calls only once, and that determines all.

— Sophocles

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

— Sophocles

Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

— Sophocles