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Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

— Sophocles Misattributed

θεὸς δὲ τοῖς ἀργοῦσιν οὐ παρίσταται.

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Anonymous verse mistakenly attached to Sophocles' frg. 308 TrGF (Iphigenia) due to a confusion in Stobaeus, Anthology, III.30.6 (S. Radt 1999:272; 2007:148).

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