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Sophocles

“The tyrant is a child of Pride
Who drinks from his sickening cup
Recklessness and vanity,
Until from his high crest headlong
He plummets to the dust of hope.”

Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
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Oedipus Rex  (The Theban Plays, #1) Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
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