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.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.
The force of necessity is irresistible.