Many Men Who Transgress Justice,

I Say You Must Not Win An Unjust Case By Oaths.

Chorus: Zeus, Who Guided Men To Think Who Laid It Down That Wisdom Comes Alone Through Suffering. Still There Drips In Sleep Against The Heart Grief Of Memory; Against Our Pleasure We Are Temperate.

Alas For The Affairs Of Men! When They Are Fortunate You Might Compare Them To A Shadow; And If They Are Unfortunate, A Wet Sponge With One Dash Wipes The Picture Away.

Still To The Sufferer Comes, As Due From God, A Glory That To Suffering Owes Its Birth.

Wisdom Comes Alone Through Suffering.