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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.

Sophocles

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Sophocles
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
Writer
Kolonos
Right
Thinks
Believe
Gift
Empty
Men
Alone
Thinking
Turns
Like
Speak
Antigone
Soul
Maintains
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