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The penalty is death: yet hope of gain Hath lured men to their ruin oftentimes.

There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird, When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone." - Sentry

There is no more deadly peril than disobedience; States are devoured by it, homes laid in ruins, Armies defeated, victory turned to rout. White simple obedience saves the lives of hundreds Of honest folk." - Creon

Ungeheuer ist vieles, doch nichts ist ungeheurer als der Mensch.

This consideration takes us very close to what it is that makes Greek tragedy “tragic.” A play about an unambiguously heroic young woman, someone’s mother or sister or daughter, squaring off against an unambiguously villainous general or king, a man greedy for military renown or for power, would not be morally interesting. What gives Antigone and Agamemnon and other plays their special and unforgettable force is that they present the irresistible spectacle of two worldviews, each with its own force, harrowingly locked in irreducible conflict. And yet while the characters in these plays are unable to countenance, let alone accept, their opponents’ viewpoints, the audience is being invited to do just that—to weigh and compare the principles the characters adhere to, to reflect on the necessity of seeing the whole and on the difficulties of keeping the parts in equilibrium. Or, at least, to appreciate the costs of sacrificing some values for others, when the occasion demands.

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!

Why, he was so handsome and brave that no one would ever have suspected that he was bookish!

What woe is lacking to my tale of woes?

It's terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.

I am not a playwright. A playwright would take "Antigone" and hit it a few clouts and knock it out of shape and restructure it. My versioning was strictly verbal.

I am determined that never, if I can help it, Shall evil triumph over good." - Creon

Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Numberless are the world's wonders, but none More wonderful than man.

We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.

Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong.

Hail the sun! the brightest of all that ever Dawned on the City of Seven Gates, City of Thebes! Hail the golden dawn over Dirce's river Rising to speed the flight of the white invaders Homeward in full retreat!" - Chorus

I owe more to the dead, with whom I will spend a much longer time, than I will ever owe to the living.

I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life

May the dead forgive me, I can do no other But as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene, Antigone (The Theban Plays) by Sophocles

May the dead forgive me, I can do no other But as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene

My part is not a heroic one, but I shall play my part.

Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater. That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes, Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul, Pointing out the way to infamy and shame." - Creon

Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgement, not till he's shown his colors, ruling the people, making laws. Experience, there's the test.

It is my nature to join in love, not hate.