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Gain, has oft, with treacherous hopes led men to ruin.
Gain, has oft, with treacherous hopes led men to ruin.
Approximate author period: c. 451 BC · classical
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- Sophocles
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- Approximate author period: c. 451 BC · classical
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- Life and Literature (copyright 1910) (1910 AD)
Number 728 · printed citation: Sophocles
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