Inspirational Quotes on Antigone
“I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life”
“Goodbye to the sun that shines for me no longer;”
“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”
“There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird, When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone." - Sentry”
topics: angry , angry-bird , antigone , bird , birds-nest , girl , little-ones , nest , screaming , screaming-girl , sentry , sophocles , the-theban-plays
“Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong.”
“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”
topics: antigone , creon , curse , curse-of-man , infamy , money , shame , sophocles , temptation , the-theban-plays
“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”
topics: antigone , creon , deadly , defeat , disobedience , obedience , obedience-vs-disobedience , peril , ruin , saving-lives , simple-obedience , sophocles , the-theban-plays
“The penalty is death: yet hope of gain Hath lured men to their ruin oftentimes.”
“What woe is lacking to my tale of woes?”
“May the dead forgive me, I can do no other But as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene”
topics: antigone , dead , forgive , forgiveness , ismene , madness , sophocles , the-dead , the-theban-plays
“I am determined that never, if I can help it, Shall evil triumph over good." - Creon”
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