"One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
"There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched."
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Source: Women of Trachis. Play by Sophocles. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th edition, 1919.
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