"Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die."
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Sophocles, in The Beginning of All Wisdom: Timeless Advice from the Ancient Greeks, p. 69
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Sophocles
Sophocles (Greek: Σοφοκλῆς; c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides.
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