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Euripides on Justice

480 BC–406 BC Greece

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Restrain thyself, for haste no justice brings;
Unhurried counsels are the crown of wisdom.

Phoenissae (-409)

Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.

Let none dream, though at starting he run well,
That he outrunneth Justice, ere he touch
The very goal and reach the bourn of life.

Electra (-416)

Polyneices: The words of truth are simple, and justice needs no subtle interpretations, for it hath a fitness in itself.

Phoenissae (-409)

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