Oedipus at Colonus Quotes

“I am taught by suffering to endure.”

“By open words A scheme of villainy is soon bewrayed.”

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

“By the looks, marred though they be by fate, I judge thee noble.”

“Transgressions past May be amended, cannot be made worse.”

“Thy life is safe while any god saves mine.”

“A wise man heeds all matters great or small.”

“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?”

“Anger has no old age but only death; The dead alone can feel no touch of spite.”

“Enjoy thy triumph; soon or late thou’lt find Thou art an enemy to thyself.”

“Ah, woe is me! where shall I fly, where find Succor from gods or men?”

″‘Tis one thing to speak much, another well.”

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

“Such threats Vented in anger oft, are blusterers, An idle breath, forgot when sense returns.”

“I wait full knowledge ere I judge.”

“I know myself a mortal, and my share In what the morrow brings no more than thine.”

“Thebes is not wont to breed unrighteous sons.”

“Death were not wholly bitter with you near.”

“For when youth passes with its giddy train, Troubles on troubles follow, toils on toils, Pain, pain for ever pain; And none escapes life’s coils. Envy, sedition, strife, Carnage and war, make up the tale of life. Last comes the worst and most abhorred stage Of unregarded age, Joyless, companionless and slow.”

“A good general Reports successes and conceals mishaps.”

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

“Wail no more, let sorrow rest, All is ordered for the best.”