"One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
"Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness."
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Source: Antigone. Play by Sophocles, Line 706,
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