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An aphorism is a concise statement of a truth. At least 15 examples of aphorisms may be found in the play 'Antigone'. Chorus: 'Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man'. Antigone: 'Die I must - I knew that well [how should I not?] - even without thy edicts'. Theban King Creon: 'I would have thee know that o'erstubborn spirits are most often humbled'. Chorus: 'Nothing that is vast enters into the life of mortals without a curse'. Theban King Creon: 'What wound could strike deeper than a false friend?' Antigone: 'Hades...gives sleep to all...'. Chorus: 'Dreadful is the mysterious power of fate'. Teiresias: 'All men are liable to err; but when an error has been made, that man is no longer witless or unblest who heals the ill into which he hath fallen, and remains not stubborn'. Teiresias: 'Self-will, we know, incurs the charge of folly'. Theban King Creon: 'Well I know that no mortal can defile the gods'. Teiresias: ' How precious, above all wealth, is good counsel'. Theban King Creon: 'We must not wage a vain war with destiny'. Messenger: 'Fortune raises and Fortune humbles the lucky and unlucky from day to day'. Coryphaeus*: 'Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness and reverence toward the gods must be involate'. Coryphaeus: 'Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows'. *Chorus director.

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Q: What are the 15 aphorisms from 'Antigone'?
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