Sophocles Quotes:
Ocupation: Playwright
Life: d. 406 BC
Birthday: d. 406 BC
We should not speak of one that prospers well As happy, till his life have run its course, And reached its goal. An evil spirit's gift In shortest time has oft laid low the state Of one full rich in great prosperity, When the change comes, and so the Gods appoint.
source: Sophocles, Edward Hayes PLUMPTRE (Dean of Wells.) (1867). “The Tragedies of Sophocles. A new translation, with a biographical essay by E. H. Plumptre”, p.410
topic: Running, Evil, Goal, Evil Spirits
