"One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
"Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend."
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Source: Sophocles (1867). “The Tragedies of Sophocles: A New Trans., with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes and Lyrical Dialogues”, p.89
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