Creative Quotations from Sophocles (BC 496-406)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Sophocles
(BC 496-406) born on

Greek poet. He was the great tragic poet who wrote "Antigone," and "Oepidus Rex," circa 429 BC.

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One must learn by doing the thing; though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.

A short saying oft contains much wisdom.

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

To a man who is afraid everything rustles.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Trachiniae."
R:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
A:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
N:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
K:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.