Sophocles about vow (“Antigone”, c. 441 BC) - No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if He ever swears he will not do a thing, His afterthoughts belie his first resolve.
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“ No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if He ever swears he will not do a thing, His afterthoughts belie his first resolve. ”
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Sophocles about vow (“Antigone”, c. 441 BC) - No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if He ever swears he will not do a thing, His afterthoughts belie his first resolve.
Sophocles about vow (“Antigone”, c. 441 BC) - No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if He ever swears he will not do a thing, His afterthoughts belie his first resolve.