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Antigone quotes

Sophocles

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“Mad are thy subjects all, and even the wisest heart Straight to folly will fall, at a touch of thy poisoned dart.” Sophocles, Antigone
“A State for one man is no State at all.” Sophocles, Antigone
“To yield is grievous, but the obstinate soul That fights with Fate, is smitten grievously.” Sophocles, Antigone
“Chastisement for errors past Wisdom brings to age at last.” Sophocles, Antigone
“The blind man cannot move without a guide.” Sophocles, Antigone
“Alas! how sad when reasoners reason wrong.” Sophocles, Antigone
“Of happiness the chiefest part is a wise heart: And to defraud the gods in aught with peril's fraught.” Sophocles, Antigone
“The workings of the mind discover oft Dark deeds in darkness schemed, before the act. More hateful still the miscreant who seeks When caught, to make a virtue of a crime.” Sophocles, Antigone
“I pleasure those whom I would liefest please.” Sophocles, Antigone
“For death is gain to him whose life, like mine, Is full of misery.” Sophocles, Antigone
“Who did the deed the under-world knows well: A friend in word is never friend of mine.” Sophocles, Antigone
“To err is common To all men, but the man who having erred Hugs not his errors, but repents and seeks The cure, is not a wastrel nor unwise.” Sophocles, Antigone
“For e'en the bravest spirits run away When they perceive death pressing on life's heels.” Sophocles, Antigone
“It may be thou art right: Unnatural silence signifies no good.” Sophocles, Antigone
“Yea, so it falls, sire, when misfortune comes, The wisest even lose their mother wit.” Sophocles, Antigone
“I know not, but strained silence, so I deem, Is no less ominous than excessive grief.” Sophocles, Antigone
“What woe is lacking to my tale of woes?” Sophocles, Antigone
“Didst hear and heed, Or art thou deaf when friends are banned as foes?” Sophocles, Antigone
“No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if He ever swears he will not do a thing, His afterthoughts belie his first resolve.” Sophocles, Antigone
“The penalty is death: yet hope of gain Hath lured men to their ruin oftentimes.” Sophocles, Antigone

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