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Sophocles

"A human being is only breath and shadow."

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"A human being is only breath and shadow."

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"Sight and touch, being thus increased in capacity, might belong to some species far superior to man; or rather the human species would be far different had all the senses been thus improved."

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"Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the powerTo reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty."
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"I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow."
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"A lie never grows old."
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"There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad."
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"How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time."
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"When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth toward death?Anyone who warms their heart with the glow Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all. The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said."
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"I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow."
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"Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future."
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"To him who is in fear everything rustles."
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"For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that."
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