A small paper boat drifting on green water among floating dice.

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Oedipus Rex

Sophocles

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A dismissal of fear: since chance runs our lives and tomorrow is unknowable, why brace for it? The speaker recommends simply living day by day, which is either freeing or a shaky comfort, depending on how you hear it.

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