"One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
"The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy and loss."
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Source: David Grene, Sophocles (1959). “Sophocles”, [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press
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