"One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
"For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one's own life, which one loves best."
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Source: Sophocles (1837). “The Tragedies of Sophocles: Literally Translated Into English Prose, with Notes”, p.19
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