Sophocles on Anniversary
497 BC–405 BC Greece
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I well believe it, to unwilling ears;None love the messenger who brings bad news.
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.
War loves to seek its victims in the young.
Even old age views not with eyes of love
The gates of Hades.
Love, ... who keepest thy vigil on the soft cheek of a maiden
Time in its slow, illimitable course
Brings all to light and buries all again;
Strange things it brings to pass, the dreadest oath
Is broken and the stubbornest will is bent.
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.