Sophocles: It is never right to consider that a man has been made happy by fate, until his life is absolutely finished, and he has

It is never right to consider that a man has been made happy by fate, until his — Sophocles

It is never right to consider that a man has been made happy by fate, until his life is absolutely finished, and he has ended his existence.

Sophocles

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