Why is it we are always the targets of the angry Fates? Twice as many men of ours met harm as did theirs, since we've come here.

Time to unite the Sacred Bands, Thebans and his people: one unit, one heart, one swing through life.

Proof of war, when it comes, always comes too late.

The only unfair fight is the one you lose.

If, as you teach, the universe has no beginning and no end, why should we?

Deception is a tactic: use it. Do whatever it takes to win.

Life was never simple, happiness never where you thought you'd left it, and right and wrong no more fixed than clouds in the sky.