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Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone.

Sophocles

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Sophocles
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
Writer
Kolonos
Never
Suicide
Life
Dare
Sleep
Gone
Dies
Soul
Better
Linger
Live
Waking

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