Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
AESCHYLUSI would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
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Fear is stronger than arms.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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Suffering brings experience.
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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By time and age full many things are taught.
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But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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