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“CHORUS: What canst thou plead?
OEDIPUS: A plea of justice.
CHORUS: How?
OEDIPUS: I slew who else would me have slain; I slew without intent, A wretch, but innocent In the law's eye, I stand, without a stain.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus

“CREON: Am I to rule for others, or myself?
HAEMON: A State for one man is no State at all.
CREON: The State is his who rules it, so 'tis held.”
― Sophocles, Antigone

“In the beginning…
But of course we never see the beginning. We come in in the middle, after the lights have gone down, and try to make some sense of the story so far. Whisper to our neighbours “Who’s he? Who’s she? Have they met each other before?”
We get by.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

“ANTIGONE: A sinless sinner, banned awhile on earth, But by the dead commended; and with them I shall abide for ever. As for thee, Scorn, if thou wilt, the eternal laws of Heaven.
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CREON: So am I purposed; never by my will Shall miscreants take precedence of true men, But all good patriots, alive or dead, Shall be by me preferred and honored.
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GUARD: Take it all in all, I deem A man's first duty is to serve himself.”
― Sophocles, Antigone