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For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly.

Sophocles

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Sophocles
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
Writer
Kolonos
Men
Slow
Gods
Whenever
Worship
Though
Turns
Casting
Wells
Aside
Well
Folly

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