“When I was young, I held my tongue back
and let my hand do my work.
Now, as you’re tested by life—as men live it—
you will see as I have that everywhere
it is our words that win, and not our deeds.”
— odysseus, in “philoktetes”
sophocles (tr. gregory mcnamee), 409 bc
April 04, 2009, 2:44pm Comments
