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“Wise words; but O, when wisdom brings no profit, To be wise is to suffer.”

Quote by Sophocles

Book:Oedipus Rex

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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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