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There is no avoidance in delay.

Aeschylus

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Aeschylus
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The force of necessity is irresistible.
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The holy heaven yearns to wound the earth, and yearning layeth hold on the earth to join in wedlock the rain, fallen from the amorous heaven, impregnates the earth, and it bringeth forth for mankind the food of flocks and herds and Demeter's gifts and from that moist marriage-rite the woods put on their bloom.
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The power that holds the sky's majesty wins our worship.
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Obedience, you know, is Good Luck's mother, wedded to Salvation, they say.
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