Who said "Despair is the only true defeat of the human spirit."?

This quote is attributed to Sophocles.

Despair is the only true defeat of the human spirit. - Sophocles

"Despair is the only true defeat of the human spirit."

Sophocles Hope

Tragic Playwright Ancient Greece 496–406

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