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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

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.

A man dies not for the many wounds that pierce his breast, unless it be that life's end keep pace with death, nor by sitting on his hearth at home doth he the more escape his appointed doom.

And now it goes as it goes and where it ends is Fate. And neither by singeing flesh nor tipping cups of wine nor shedding burning tears can you enchant away the rigid Fury.

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.

Ares ever loves to pluck all the fairest flower of an armed host.

Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.

A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

As long as there are men the bulwark is safe.

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.

ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.

Be it mine to draw from wisdom's fount, pure as it flows, that calm of soul which virtue only knows.

Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight.

Black smoke, the flickering sister of fire.

Bonds and the pangs of hunger are excellent prophet doctors for the wits.

Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.

But from the good health of the mind comes that which is dear to all and the object of prayer-happiness.

But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.

But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.

But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up.

But when the dust has drunk the blood of men, no resurrection comes for one who's dead.

But who can describe the overweening pride of men? Or women mad with passion, reckless in their hearts, soulmates to every kind of ruin that befalls us? Wild passion, unrestrained, boundless, that overcomes the women, perverts the yoke of wedlock for beasts and men alike.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate.

Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.

Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil.

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

Delay not to seize the hour!

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.

Fear is stronger than arms.

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow: it is for him who has done a deed to suffer.

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

For a single path leads to the house of Hades.

For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days.

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.