Exodos, lines 1524-1530
'Let none called happy until that day when he carries his happiness down to the grave in peace' — the play's gnomic conclusion.
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From Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
The Chorus closes with one of the most famous moral statements in Greek tragedy: judge no mortal happy until death.
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