“What's determined
Bear, as I can, I must, knowing the might
Of strong Necessity is unconquerable.”

—  Aeschylus , Prometheus Bound

Source: Prometheus Bound, lines 103–105 (tr. G. M. Cookson)

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Τὴν πεπρωμένην δὲ χρὴ αἶσαν φέρειν ὡς ῥᾷστα, γιγνώσκονθ' ὅτι τὸ τῆς ἀνάγκης ἔστ' ἀδήριτον σθένος.

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