What does 'οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν' mean?

This is line 523 from Sophocles' Antigone, means 'I was born to join in love and not to hate' and I believe it is one of the most powerful points of Greek literature in general! 

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