Philoctetes Quotes

“Once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.”
― Sophocles, Philoctetes

“Neoptolemus: I am glad to see you and take you as a friend.
For one who knows how to show and accept kindness
will be a better friend than any possession.”
― Sophocles, Philoctetes

“I have seen or heard of no other man whom destiny treated with such enmity as it did Philoktetes”
― Sophocles, Philoctetes

“The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.”
― Sophocles, Philoctetes

“Human beings must bear the fortunes they are given by the gods, but those who cling to self-inflicted harm, as you do - it's not right for anyone either to pity or to pardon them.”
― Sophocles, Philoctetes