Sophocles, Antigone, line 872

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[872] Your pious action shows a certain reverence, but an offence against power can no way be tolerated by him who has power in his keeping. [875] Your self-willed disposition is what has destroyed you.

Sophocles. The Antigone of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1891.

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