The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves. — Sophocles
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
In the original Greek
τῶν δὲ πημονῶν μάλιστα λυποῦσ᾽ αἳ φανῶσ᾽ αὐθαίρετοι.
Oedipus Rex · 430 BC
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Sophocles. "Oedipus Rex." The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. Mariner Books, 2002.
Original citation
Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. c. 429 BC, Theatre of Dionysus, Athens, Greece.