“Which would you choose if you could:pleasure for yourself despite your friendsor a share in their grief?”

“I was born to share love, not hate”, said Antigone. “Go then, and share your love for the dead”, responds Creon.”

“Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.”

“The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.”

“Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.”

“Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.”

“If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.”