"And count no man blessed in his life until he's crossed life's bounds unstruck by ruin still"(Sophocles 81)
These last lines of the text deliver for the audience the underlying moral of the story. No matter how well off, how perfect, how lucky people may have thought Oedipus was, he was truly ruined in the end. Despite his effortless and accidental place on the throne, and the lucky fact that he had seemingly escaped the prophecy, when all is said and done, he ended up worse off than anyone else. The meaning of this quote can still speak volumes, even when not used in the context of the play. It is a good rule to live by, not judging the lives of others until you see how difficult they may actually have it.
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