Sophocles Quotes About Glory

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  • What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?

  • Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a girl: Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor! Even the pure immortals cannot escape you, And mortal man, in his one day's dusk, Trembles before your glory.

    Sophocles (1977). “The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version”, Harcourt
  • No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over?

    Sophocles (1984). “The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus”, p.86, Penguin
  • It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good.

  • To live with glory, or with glory die, This is the brave man's part.

    Men  
    "Tragedies".
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Sophocles

  • Born: 498 BC
  • Died: 406 BC
  • Occupation: Playwright