There are certain penalties fixed1 as by law for those who disobey the divine administration. Whoever thinks any other thing to be good except those things which depend on the will, let him envy, let him desire, let him flatter, let him be perturbed2: whoever considers anything else to be evil, let him grieve, let him lament3, let him weep, let him be unhappy. And yet, though so severely4 punished, we cannot desist.
Remember what the poet says about the stranger:
Stranger, I must not, e’en if a worse man come.
This, then, may be applied5 even to a father: “I must not, even if a worse man than you should come, treat a father unworthily-, for all are from paternal6 Zeus.” And of a brother, “For all are from the Zeus who presides over kindred.” And so in the other relations of life we shall find Zeus to be an inspector7.
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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adj.烦燥不安的v.使(某人)烦恼,不安( perturb的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.悲叹,悔恨,恸哭;v.哀悼,悔恨,悲叹 | |
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adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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6 paternal | |
adj.父亲的,像父亲的,父系的,父方的 | |
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n.检查员,监察员,视察员 | |
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