Pyrrhus: No law demands mercy to prisoners Agamemnon: Though the law forbids it not, yet decency forbids it. Pyr: The victor is at liberty to do whatever he likes. Agam.: To whom much is allowed, it is least suitable to act wantonly. (Seneca)

Pyrrhus: No law demands mercy to prisoners Agamemnon: Though the law forbids it not, yet decency forbids it. Pyr: The victor is at liberty to do whatever he likes. Agam.: To whom much is allowed, it is least suitable to act wantonly.

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