I am determined that never, if I can help it,Shall evil triumph over good." - Creon
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I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life
It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me
May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene
May the dead forgive me, I can do no otherBut as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene, Antigone (The Theban Plays) by Sophocles
Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater.That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes,Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul,Pointing out the way to infamy and shame." - Creon
Why, he was so handsome and brave that no one would ever have suspected that he was bookish!
There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird,When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone." - Sentry
Hail the sun! the brightest of all that everDawned on the City of Seven Gates, City of Thebes!Hail the golden dawn over Dirce's riverRising to speed the flight of the white invaders Homeward in full retreat!" - Chorus
Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong.