rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark

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Λόγοις δ' ἐγὼ φιλοῦσαν οὐ στέργω φίλην → I do not care for the friend who loves in word alone

Sophocles, Antigone, 543

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς

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