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Yet though a man gets many wounds in breast, He dieth not, unless the appointed time, The limit of his life's span, coincide Nor does the man who by the hearth at home Sits still, escape the doom that Fate decrees.
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Zeus, first cause, prime mover for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?
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Necessity is stronger far than art.
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His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.
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By suffering comes wisdom.
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Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.
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Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.
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So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.
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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
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We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
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Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.
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The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.
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Everyone's quick to blame the alien.
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The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.
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Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.
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With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.
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For sufferers it is sweet to know before-hand clearly the pain that still remains for them.
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Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.
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