Kurz ist das Leben: wer dennoch großen Zielen nachjagt verfehlt das Mögliche. - Euripides

No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

This is what destroys the fine cities and homes of mortals: words spoken too well.

So goes the story: but to me
it's hardly plausible
that the sun, with its golden smile,
should turn from its fiery home
to cause mortal misfortune
for mortal rights and wrongs.
But fairy tales that scare us humans
are useful for religion.