A Quote by Sophocles
Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain.
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Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth.
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So I departed and was free from imprisonment.
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Call it no more free-will, but slavish lust; free to evil, but free from good, till regenerating grace loosens the bands of wickedness.
PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. All that is mortal of a departed truth. A jelly-fish withering on the shore of the sea of thought. A desiccated epigram.
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