"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"
- Sophocles
"You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering."
"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"
"I am determined that never, if I can help it,Shall evil triumph over good." - Creon"
"Evil gains work their punishment."
"Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong."
"TEIRESIAS:You have your eyes but see not where you arein sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with.Do you know who your parents are? Unknowingyou are enemy to kith and kinin death, beneath the e..."
"JOCASTA:So clear in this case were the oracles,so clear and false. Give them no heed, I say;what God discovers need of, easilyhe shows to us himself."
"OEDIPUS:O, O, O, they will all come,all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let melook upon you no more after today!I who first saw the light bred of a matchaccursed, and accursed in my livingwith the..."