Your edict, King, was strong,But all your.... : Quote by Sophocles

“ Your edict, King, was strong,But all your strength is weakness itself againstThe immortal unrecorded laws of God.They are not merely now: they were, and shall be,Operative for ever, beyond man utterly.I knew I must die, even without your decree:I am only mortal. And if I must dieNow, before it is my time to die,Surely this is no hardship: can anyoneLiving, as I live, with evil all about me,Think Death less than a friend? ”

Sophocles
  • From : The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone
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