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May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene, Antigone (The Theban Plays) by Sophocles

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War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.

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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.

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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

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If you try to cure evil with evilyou will add more pain to your fate.

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Hail the sun! the brightest of all that everDawned on the City of Seven Gates, City of Thebes!Hail the golden dawn over Dirce's riverRising to speed t...more

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May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene

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There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird,When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone." - Sentry

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I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life

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Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater.That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes,Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul,Pointin...more

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Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong.

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Evil gains work their punishment.

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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.

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The tyrant is a child of PrideWho drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity,Until from his high crest headlongHe plummets to the dust of h...more