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.
AESCHYLUSI have not need to promise what I cannot do.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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We should know what is true before we break our rage.
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Words are doctors for the diseased temper.
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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