Ion
Wert thou, wert Poseidon, and Zeus, the lord of heaven, to make atonement to mankind for every act of lawless love, ye would empty your temples in paying the fines for your misdeeds. For when ye pursue pleasure in preference to the claims of prudence, ye act unjustly; no longer is it fair
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to call men wicked, if we are imitating the evil deeds of gods, but rather those who give us such examples. [Exit Ion
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