Do not wish to be master in all things: the mastery which you did attain has not followed you through life.ChorusResidents of our native Thebes, behold, this is Oedipus,who knew the renowned riddle, and was a most mighty man. What citizen did not gaze on his fortune with envy? See into what a stormy sea of troubles he has come! Therefore, while our eyes wait to see the final destined day, we must call no mortal happy untilhe has crossed life’s border free from pain.