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Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering. (Aeschylus)
We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity. View quote
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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. View quote
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We shall perish by guile just as we slew. View quote
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I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence. View quote
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The man whose authority is recent is always stern. View quote
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There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually. View quote
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For hostile word let hostile word be paid. View quote
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When a match has equal partners then I fear not. View quote
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For know that no one is free, except Zeus. View quote
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The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen. (Aeschylus)
Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain? View quote
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And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin. View quote
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When a man's willing and eager the god's join in. View quote
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When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they? View quote
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Oh me, I have been struck a mortal blow right inside. View quote
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Chorus of Furies: Living, you will be my feast, not slain at an altar. View quote
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Innumerable twinkling of the waves of the sea. View quote
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Memory, Muse-mother, doer of all things. View quote
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What's determined Bear, as I can, I must, knowing the might Of strong Necessity is unconquerable. View quote
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And she who, like a swan, Has chanted out her last and dying song, Lies, loved by him. (Aeschylus)
Clytemnestra: He collapsed, snorting his life away, spitting great gobs of blood all over me, drenching me in showers of his dark blood. And I rejoiced-just as the fecund earth rejoices when the heavens send spring rains. View quote
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But when the dust has drawn up the blood of a man, once he is dead, there is no return to life. View quote
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Wealth itself is blameless, but there can be fear for its precious eye; for I consider the presence of a house's master to be its saving light. View quote
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Chorus of Furies: We claim to be just and upright. No wrath from us will come stealthily to the one who holds out clean hands, and he will go through life unharmed; but whoever sins, as this man has, and hides his blood-stained hands, as avengers of bloodshed we appear against him to the end, presenting ourselves as upright witnesses for the dead. View quote
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