Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.
AESCHYLUSI have not need to promise what I cannot do.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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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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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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