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  • Unworthy was what he did to her, worthy was what he suffered.

    -Aeschylus
    Clytemnestra speaks of  Agamemnon's sacrifice of their daughter Iphigeneia.  Agamemnon,1.1527^8 (translated by H Lloyd- Jones).

  • He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    St Matthew10:37^9.

  • Of whom the world was not worthy.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    Hebrews11:38.

  • Cast their crowns before the throne, saying,Thou art worthy,O Lord, to receive gloryand honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    Revelation 4:10^11.

  • Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    Revelation 5:2^3.

  • En un mot, l'homme conna|"t qu'il est mise  rable: il est donc mise  rable, puisqu'il l'est; mais il est bien grand, puisqu'il le conna|"t. In one word, man knows that he is miserable and therefore he is miserable because he knows it; but he is also worthy, because he knows his condition.

    - Blaise Pascal
    c.1654^1662  Pense  es, pt.6, no.416.

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