Antigone Quotes

“You can make a short road take forever ...”
― Sophocles, Antigone

“The doom reserved for enemies
marches on the ones we love the most.”
― Sophocles, Antigone

“Ich mag nicht Liebe, die mit Worten liebt.”
― Sophocles, Antigone

“Through present and through future and through past abideth one decree;
Nought in excess enters the life of man without unhappiness.”
― Sophocles, Antigone

“Once the gods have rocked a house to its foundations the ruin will never cease, cresting on and on from one generation on throughout the race.”
― Sophocles, Antigone

“CREON. My dear, I woke up one morning and found myself King of Thebes. God knows, there were other things I loved in life more than power.
ANTIGONE. Then you should have said no.”
― Sophocles, Antigone