God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
AESCHYLUSJoy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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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.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
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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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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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Simple is the speech of truth.
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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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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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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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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