BookBrief Logo
Oedipus Rex
Goodreads ratings
3.71 / 5
Add to Your Library

Sign in to save this book to your reading lists

"Oedipus Rex" Quotes

The tragic story of a man who unknowingly fulfills a prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother.

Quotes

It is best to live as a man of action.

Sophocles

actionlife

No one can be sure that his neighbor is honest.

Sophocles

distrustuncertainty

A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent.

Sophocles

wisdomexcellence

The truth is for those who seek it.

Sophocles

truthseeking

To yield is grievous, but the obstinate soul that fights with fate is smitten grievously.

Sophocles

fateresilience

Not knowing is the worst part of suffering.

Sophocles

ignorancesuffering

Power shows the man.

Sophocles

poweridentity

Time brings all things to pass.

Sophocles

timeinevitability

To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away.

Sophocles

friendshiployalty

A man who is self-sufficient is no true man.

Sophocles

self-sufficiencyhumanity