“Nor did I deem that thou, a mortal man, couldst by a breath annul and override the immutable unwritten laws of Heaven. I knew that I must die, e'en hadst thou not proclaimed it.”
Sophocles, c. 441 BC · Greek tragedian, Antigone answering Creon
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“Nor did I deem that thou, a mortal man, couldst by a breath annul and override the immutable unwritten laws of Heaven. I knew that I must die, e'en hadst thou not proclaimed it.”