A partly burned match lies alight on a white plate, with a thin wisp of smoke above it.

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Women of Trachis

Sophocles

Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Sophocles warns that counting on tomorrow, or the days beyond it, is rash. Tomorrow doesn't arrive until today has run out. So the sensible move is to treat today as the only time you truly hold.

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