For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
AESCHYLUSBut when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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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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Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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