Odyssey 14.83–84
Eumaeus to the disguised Odysseus in his hut
οὐ μὲν σχέτλια ἔργα θεοὶ μάκαρες φιλέουσιν,
ἀλλὰ δίκην τίουσι καὶ αἴσιμα ἔργʼ ἀνθρώπων.
The blessed gods do not love ruthless deeds;
they honor justice and the rightful acts of mortals.
Eumaeus to the disguised Odysseus in his hut
οὐ μὲν σχέτλια ἔργα θεοὶ μάκαρες φιλέουσιν,
ἀλλὰ δίκην τίουσι καὶ αἴσιμα ἔργʼ ἀνθρώπων.
The blessed gods do not love ruthless deeds;
they honor justice and the rightful acts of mortals.