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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Sophocles

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Sophocles
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
Writer
Kolonos
Thinkers
Prevail
Thinker
Everywhere
Wise

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Oh death, death, why do you never come to me thus summoned always day by day?
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To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved.
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