Sophocles Quotes about Children

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Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Sophocles

Mom, Mother, Children

"Phædra". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 685,

I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.

Sophocles

Mother, Children, Fall

Sophocles (1951). “The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone”

The tyrant is a child of pride.

Sophocles

Children, Pride, Tyrants

Sophocles (1949). “The Oedipus Cycles”

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Sophocles

Children, Men, Age

Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.

Sophocles

Children, Father, May

The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.

Sophocles

Children, Pride, Vanity

Sophocles (1977). “The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version”, Harcourt

Love is like ice in the hands of children.

Sophocles

Children, Love Is, Hands

"Achilles' Loves". Play by Sophocles,

Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.

Sophocles

Children, Justice, Limits

Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.

Sophocles

Children, Grief, Heart

Sophocles (1984). “The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus”, p.307, Penguin

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.

Sophocles

Children, Heaven, Bears

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.

Sophocles

Laughter, Children, Giving