Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
AESCHYLUSIt’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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The reward of suffering is experience.
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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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To learn is to be young, however old.
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It is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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Fear is stronger than arms.
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When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
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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.
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Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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In war, the first casualty is truth.
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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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Simple is the speech of truth.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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