Aeschylus on Justice
525 BC–456 BC Greece
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Repute of justice, not just act, thou wishest.
Oresteia (-458)
Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.
For where might and justice are yoke-fellows—
What pair is stronger than this?
Justice, voiceless, unseen, seeth thee when thou sleepest and when thou goest forth and when thou liest down.
Continually doth she attend thee, now aslant thy course, now at a later time.
Swift-footed is the approach of fate,
And none can justice violate,
But feels its stern hand soon or late.