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Hesiod on Justice

Greece

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Plan harm for another and harm yourself most,
the evil we hatch always comes home to roost.

It's no good at all for a man to be just
When the unjust man gets more than what's just.

The eye of Zeus sees all and knows all,
And, if he wants, he's looking here right now,
And the kind of justice this city harbors
Doesn't fool him one bit.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hesiod (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.