And again:
"The foe's pain is the hero's meed."
And, similarly, Archilochus:
"One thing I know, I hold it ever true,
The evil-doer evil shall endure."
And that God sees all, and that nothing escapes His notice, but that, being long-suffering. He refrains until the time when He is to judge—concerning this, too, Dionysius said:
"The eye of Justice seeing all,
Yet seemeth not to see."
And that God's judgment is to be, and that evils will suddenly overtake the wicked,—this, too, Æschylus declared, saying:
"Swift-footed is the approach of fate.
And none can justice violate.
But feels its stern hand soon or late.
'Tis with you, though unheard, unseen;
You draw night's curtain in between.
But even sleep affords no screen.
'Tis with you if you sleep or wake;
And if abroad your way you take,
Its still, stern watch you cannot break.
'Twill follow you, or cross your path;
And even night no virtue hath
To hide you from th' Avenger's wrath.
To show the ill the darkness flees;
Then, if sin offers joy or ease.
Oh stop, and think that some one sees!"
And may we not cite Simonides also?
"To men no evil comes unheralded;
But God with sudden hand transforms all things."
Euripides again:
"The wicked and proud man's prosperity
Is based on sand: his race abideth not;
And time proclaims the wickedness of men."
Once more Euripides:
"Not without judgment is the Deity,
But sees when oaths are struck unrighteously,
And when from men unwilling they are wrung."
