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"Women of Trachis" Quotes

"Women of Trachis" is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles that explores the consequences of love, jealousy, and fate through the story of Deianira, the wife of Heracles.

drama | 114 pages | Published in 1991

Quotes

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune’s wayward tyranny.

Sophocles

fortunesuffering

A man among men, I regarded myself as fortunate.

Sophocles

fortunepride

No man has a mind free from folly.

Sophocles

follywisdom

The gods are slow but sure in their punishments.

Sophocles

divine justicepunishment

There is no place without a voice of woe.

Sophocles

sufferingwoe

Death is not the greatest evil; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to.

Sophocles

deathdespair

Life is full of change and change is fate.

Sophocles

lifechangefate

I have learned to suffer, and not to complain.

Sophocles

sufferingresilience

You may hide a wound, but never a will.

Sophocles

secretswillpower

The truth is not in the stones, but in the soul.

Sophocles

truthsoul