Sophocles Quotes about Love

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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Sophocles

Love, Life, Wedding

"Oedipus at Colonus". Play by Sophocles, Lines 1616-1618,

No wound is worse than counterfeited love.

Sophocles

Love, Wounds

Sophocles, Paul Roche (1991). “The Oedipus plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone”, Signet

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

Sophocles

Love, News, Messengers

Sophocles (2012). “Antigone”, p.11, Courier Corporation

Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a girl: Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor! Even the pure immortals cannot escape you, And mortal man, in his one day's dusk, Trembles before your glory.

Sophocles

Love, Girl, Night

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