Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
"Closer, it’s all right. Touch the man of grief. Do. Don’t be afraid. My troubles are mine and I am the only man alive who can sustain them."
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"Closer, it’s all right. Touch the man of grief. Do. Don’t be afraid. My troubles are mine and I am the only man alive who can sustain them."
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
"The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity,Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope."
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
"To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away"
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
"Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day."
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
"Alas, how terrible is wisdomwhen it brings no profit to the man that's wise!This I knew well, but had forgotten it,else I would not have come here."
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
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