History says, Don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
~ Seamus Heaney in THE CURE AT TROY: A VERSION OF SOPHOCLES' PHILOCTETES
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If you provided a marriage feast and the thankless guests crowded at the table, gobbling the food without tasting it, and shoving one another away, so that some ate too much and some ate nothing, would you not be offended?
Or if, seated at your bountiful table, your guests picked and finicked over the food, eating only a little, refusing the wine and the dessert, claiming that to fill their bellies and rejoice would impair their souls, would you not be offended?