“Numberless are the world's wonders, but none
More wonderful than man.”

—  Sophocles

Variant translation: There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man.
Source: Antigone, Line 333 (Ode I)

Original

πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει

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ancient Greek tragedian -496–-406 BC

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