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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
"By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die."— Aeschylus
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Meaning of this quote
Violence is answered with violence in a tragic account of retaliation.
Key takeaway:
Recognize how revenge can perpetuate the harm it claims to settle.
Origin of the quote
Agamemnon, around line 1529; Robert Fagles translation.
Who actually said this?
English rendering of Clytemnestra's retaliatory speech; similar to a later biblical maxim but from a different source.
