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For he does not wish to appear the bravest, but to be the bravest.

Seven Against Thebes · 467 BC

★ 3.9

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For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues.

Antigone · 442 BC

★ 3.9

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Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Antigone · 442 BC

★ 3.9

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How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be When there's no help in truth!

Oedipus Rex · 430 BC

★ 3.9

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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

Oedipus Rex · 430 BC

★ 3.9

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For few there are among men in whom it is inborn to admire without envy a friend's good fortune.

Agamemnon · 458 BC

★ 3.8

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Zeus, author of all, worker of all! For what is brought to pass for mortal men save by will of Zeus? What herein is not wrought of god?

Agamemnon · 458 BC

★ 3.8

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Our ship of state, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to harbor at last.

Antigone · 442 BC

★ 3.8

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Leave no stone unturned.

Children of Hercules · 430 BC

★ 3.8

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A woman's vows I write upon the wave.

Unknown drama · 400 BC

★ 3.8

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Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a girl: Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor! Even the pure immortals cannot escape you, And mortal man, in his one day's dusk, Trembles before your glory.

Antigone · 442 BC

★ 3.7

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The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his great sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.

Oedipus Rex · 430 BC

★ 3.7

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There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience.

Hippolytus · 428 BC

★ 3.7

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Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart of those he would destroy. I pray that love may never come to me with murderous intent, in rhythms measureless and wild. Not fire nor stars have stronger bolts than those of Aphrodite sent by the hand of Eros, Zeus' child.

Hippolytus · 428 BC

★ 3.6

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For where is goodwill greater than from guest to host?

The Libation Bearers · 458 BC

★ 2.3

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No, death would be better, for that would be a milder lot than tyranny.

Agamemnon · 458 BC

★ 2.2

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Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

Antigone · 442 BC

★ 2.2

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Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Antigone · 442 BC

★ 2.2

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Time eases all things.

Oedipus Rex · 430 BC

★ 2.2

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But ever-ageing Time teaches all things.

Prometheus Bound · 424 BC

★ 2.2

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