“Pyrrhus: Mercy often means giving death, not life.”
Pyrrhus: Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.
Troades (The Trojan Women), line 329; Translation by Emily Wilson
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Quotes from workTroades
Seneca the YoungerOriginal title Troades (Latin)
Troades is a fabula crepidata of c. 1179 lines of verse written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
“He who, when he may, forbids not sin, commands it.”
Qui non vetat peccare cum possit, iubet.
Troades (The Trojan Women), line 291 (Agamemnon)
Alternate translation: He who does not prevent a crime, when he can, encourages it. (translator unknown).
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