It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
AESCHYLUSNothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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The reward of suffering is experience.
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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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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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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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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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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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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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