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Source: The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
Source: The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
“Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.”
“A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.”
“Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal.”
Source: Dramas of Sophocles
“One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.”
Source: Sophocles
“Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.”
Source: The Tragedies of Sophocles: A New Trans., with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes and Lyrical Dialogues
“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”
Source: Sophocles
“For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.”
Source: The Tragedies of Sophocles
“You cannot know a man's life before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.”
Source: Sophocles