“Pyrrhus: No law demands mercy to prisoners
Agamemnon: Though the law forbids it not, yet decency forbids it.
Pyr: The victor is at liberty to do whatever he likes.
Agam.: To whom much is allowed, it is least suitable to act wantonly.”
Pyrrhus: Lex nulla capto parcit aut poenam impedit.
Agamemnon: Quod non vetat lex, hoc vetat fieri pudor.
Pyr: Quodcumque libuit facere victori licet.
Agam.: Minimum decet libere cui multum licet.
Troades (The Trojan Women), lines 333-336
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