In a Grove

I heard someone crying. Untying the rest of my bonds, I listened carefully, and I noticed that it was my own crying

"Now give me your life. I'll follow you right away."

I'm determined to die … but you must die, too. You saw my shame. I can't leave you alive as you are."

I know that my head will be hung in chains anyway, so put me down for the maximum penalty.

You, you don't use your swords. You kill people with your power, with your money. Sometimes you kill them on the pretext of working for their good. It's true they don't bleed. They are in the best of health, but all the same you've killed them.

Little did I expect that he would meet such a fate. Truly human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning

It's hard to say who is a greater sinner, you or me.

furious desire to kill him seized me

least I could satisfy my desire for her without taking her husband's life.

the same you've killed them.