Think not that thy word and thine alone must be right.
切莫认为只有自己才是对的。
Antigone, 706.
Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
Electra, 1007.
最大的不幸并非死亡，而是想死却不能死。
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.
Trachiniæ, 1.
古训：无论一个人的生命该被认作是幸福还是悲惨，在他死去之前，你不能评价他的一生。
In a just cause the weak o'ercome the strong.
Œdipus Coloneus, 880.
有了正当的缘由，弱者也能战胜强者。
Nobody loves life like an old man.
Acrisius. Frag. 63.
没人想像老人一样活着。
A short saying oft contains much wisdom.
Aletes. Frag. 99.
简简单单一句话，常包含着莫大的智慧。
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
莫做见不得人之事，时间知道一切，也会揭露一切。
Hipponous. Frag. 280.
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
Peleus. Frag. 445.
苟活不如一死。
War loves to seek its victims in the young.
Scyrii. Frag. 507.
战争的牺牲品总是年轻人。
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
Scyrii. Frag. 510.
如果哭泣可使伤痛痊愈，逝者复生，那悲痛就比黄金更加稀有。（世上再没有悲痛了）
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
Phædra. Frag. 619.
孩子就像船锚，把母亲固定在生命的港湾。
The truth is always the strongest argument.
Phædra. Frag. 737.
真理总是最有力的论据。
The dice of Zeus fall ever luckily.
Phædra. Frag. 809.
宙斯掷的骰子总对他自己有利。
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
Phædra. Frag. 842.
缺乏勇气的人，运气永远不会站在他这一边。
No oath too binding for a lover.
Phædra. Frag. 848.
爱人眼中没有苛刻的誓言。
Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
Phædra. Frag. 854.
思想比武力更有力量。
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
Phædra. Frag. 862.
有智慧的运动员应该接受自己的每一投，并给出评分，而不去抱怨时运不济。
If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.
Vit. Anon. p. 64 (Plumptre's Trans.).
倘若我还是我，我就没有发疯；倘若我已疯了，我就不再是我。

A lie never lives to be old.

Acrisius. Frag. 59.