- Well then, now you’ve seen his
arrogance,
make sure you never speak against the gods,
or give yourself ideas of your own grandeur,
if your strength of hand or heaped-up riches [130]
should outweigh some other man’s. A single day
pulls down any human’s scale of fortune
or raises it once more. But the gods love 170
men who possess good sense and self-control
and despise the ones who are unjust. - I’m just as strong,
with the work of my own hands I have attained
achievements just as great, but, as you see,
these Argive insults have quite ruined me. [440]
And yet I think I can affirm this much—
had Achilles lived and been about to judge
the man who should receive his weapons,
the prize for being the finest man in war,
no soldier would have put his hand on them 520
before I did. But now the sons of Atreus
have dealt them to a fellow whose spirit
will stoop to anything, and pushed aside
all those triumphant victories of Ajax. - It is dishonourable for any man 560
to crave a lengthy life, once he discovers
the troubles he is in will never change.
What joy is there for him when every day
just follows on another, pulling him away
or pushing him toward death? I would not pay
for any sort of mortal man who’s warmed
by futile hopes. A man of noble birth
lives on with honour, or he dies in glory.
Now you’ve heard everything I have to say. - The sweetest life comes when one senses nothing—
to lack all feeling is a painless evil—
until you learn what joy and sorrow mean.
Once you reach that stage, you must reveal
the kind of man you are, your ancestry,
to those who were your father’s enemies. - When a good man dies,
it is not right to harm him, even though
he may be someone you hate - Let me assure you,
among human beings most are changeable,
sometimes friendly, then sometimes bitter.
This article comes from Concurring Opinions (a group blog on legal topics), posted by Kerry Abrams. Very interesting article/post concerning DOMA's invalidation of Section 3, and what it means for binational same-sex couples when it comes to their marriage and immigration. Marriage Equality, Immigration, and … Fraud? posted by Kerry Abrams The demise of DOMA may mean that same-sex married couples are now entitled to the same marriage-based immigration benefits as anyone else. But marriage equality also entails equal burdens. As I argued in Immigration Law and the Regulation of Marriage, 91 Minn. L. Rev. 1625 (2007), immigration law holds marriages involving immigrants to a higher standard than the law ordinarily demands, and this will now be true for same-sex couples. Under state family law, married people are not required to live together. They don’t have to open joint bank accounts, jointly own property, take extensive vacation photos, document which guests attended
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