Yes, for that law was not from Zeus, nor did Justice, dweller with the gods below, establish it among men; nor deemed I that thy decree--mere mortal that thou art--could override those unwritten and unfailing mandates, which are not of to-day or yesterday, but ever live and no one knows their birthtide.
Beck quotes a sentiment about the eternal nature of unwritten laws from Greek tragedy.
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