Euripides, Fragment.
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Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.
— Euripides on Punishment
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad." in the context of "Euripides, Fragment." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Punishment" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922): Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 649-652.)
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About Euripides
Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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