# Quote — Sophocles, Antigone

> Love, unconquerable,
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> Waster of rich men, keeper
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> Of warm lights and all-night vigil
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> In the soft face of a girl:
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> Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor!
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> Even the pure immortals cannot escape you,
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> And mortal man, in his one day's dusk,
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> Trembles before your glory.

- Author: [Sophocles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles.md)
- Book: [Antigone](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles/antigone.md)
- Page: 471
- Original (grc): Ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν, / Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις, / ὃς ἐν μαλακαῖς παρειαῖς / νεάνιδος ἐννυχεύεις, / φοιτᾷς δ᾿ ὑπερπόντιος ἔν τ᾿ / ἀγρονόμοις αὐλαῖς· / καί σ᾿ οὔτ᾿ ἀθανάτων φύξιμος οὐδεὶς / οὔθ᾿ ἁμερίων σέ γ᾿ ἀν- / θρώπων, ὁ δ᾿ ἔχων μέμηνεν.
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles/antigone/love-unconquerable-waster

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> Show me the man who keeps his house in hand,
>
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