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This raises a problem for us because most people think that the more we do something, the more we know about it. The Elusive Obvious suggests that we can easily come to understand least what we do most—if we do it without awareness.
“Sophokles is a playwright fascinated in general by people who say no, people who resist compromise, people who make stumbling blocks of themselves, like Antigone or Ajax.”
― An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides
― An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides
“There is no sickness worse for me that words that to be kind must lie.”
― Prometheus Bound
― Prometheus Bound
“Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
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“If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people's opinions, you will never be rich.”
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“Contented poverty is an honorable estate.”
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