Oedipus Quotes

“Monster! thy silence would incense a flint.”

“I am taught by suffering to endure.”

“Offspring of endless Night, thou hast no power O’er me or any man who sees the sun.”

“Thou lov’st to speak in riddles and dark words.”

“Many, my children, are the tears I’ve wept, And threaded many a maze of weary thought.”

“Wretch, may he pine in utter wretchedness!”

“No living man can hope To force the gods to speak against their will.”

“Alas, alas, what misery to be wise When wisdom profits nothing!”

“I seemed forsooth too simple to perceive The serpent stealing on me in the dark.”

“Strangers must inquire Of denizens, and do as they are bid.”

“And if When born to misery, as born I was, I met my sire, not knowing whom I met or what I did, and slew him, how canst thou With justice blame the all-unconscious hand?”

“Thy tongue Is sharper than a sword’s edge, yet thy speech Will bring thee more defeats than victories.”

“Death were not wholly bitter with you near.”

“Yet one word Wipes out all score of tribulations—love.”