"One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
"The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope."
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Source: Sophocles (1977). “The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version”, Harcourt
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