# Quote — Sophocles, Antigone

> All men are liable to err; but when an error hath been made, that man is no longer witless or unblest who heals the ill into which he hath fallen, and remains not stubborn.

- Author: [Sophocles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles.md)
- Book: [Antigone](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles/antigone.md)
- Original (grc): τοῖς πᾶσι κοινόν ἐστι τοὐξαμαρτάνειν· / ἐπεὶ δ᾿ ἁμάρτῃ, κεῖνος οὐκέτ᾿ ἔστ᾿ ἀνὴρ / ἄβουλος οὐδ᾿ ἄνολβος, ὅστις ἐς κακὸν / πεσὼν ἀκεῖται μηδ᾿ ἀκίνητος πέλει.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sophocles#Antigone) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles/antigone/all-men-are

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