# Quote — Sophocles, Antigone

> Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.

- Author: [Sophocles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles.md)
- Book: [Antigone](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles/antigone.md)
- Original (grc): ἵν᾿ εἰδότες ἔνθεν οἰστέον / τὸ λοιπὸν ἁρπάζητε, καὶ μάθηθ᾿ ὅτι / οὐκ ἐξ ἅπαντος δεῖ τὸ κερδαίνειν φιλεῖν. / ἐκ τῶν γὰρ αἰσχρῶν λημμάτων τοὺς πλείονας / ἀτωμένους ἴδοις ἂν ἢ σεσωμένους.
- 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/henceforth-ye-may

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