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Oh, that my lot might lead me in the path of holy purity of thought and deed, the path which august laws ordain—laws which in the highest heaven had their birth; ... The power of God is mighty in them, and doth not wax old.
Oh, that my lot might lead me in the path of holy purity of thought and deed, the path which august laws ordain—laws which in the highest heaven had their birth; ... The power of God is mighty in them, and doth not wax old.
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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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Sophocles. · page_326
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