Strepsiades.
To me, indeed, O comrades, he seems to speak justly; and I think we ought to concede to them what is fitting. For it is proper that we should weep, if we do not act justly.
Phidippides.
Consider still another maxim.
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Strepsiades.
No; for I shall perish if I do.
Phidippides.
And yet perhaps you will not be vexed at suffering what you now suffer.
Strepsiades.
How, pray? For inform me what good you will do me by this.
Phidippides.
I will beat my mother, just as I have you.
Strepsiades.
What do you say? What do you say? This other, again, is a greater wickedness.
Phidippides.
But what if, having the worst Cause,
Clouds. Aristophanes. William James Hickie (Translator). London. 1853.
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