“The happiest life is to be without thought”
Quote by Sophocles
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Sophocles
Sophocles, born in 498 BC and died in 406 BC, was a renowned Greek tragic playwright. He is one of the three greatest tragic poets of ancient Greece, alongside Aeschylus and Euripides. Sophocles' works profoundly revealed the complexity of human nature and social contradictions, exerting a profound influence on subsequent drama. more
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“From suffering that has been/ Decreed no man will ever find escape”
Source: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra