When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
AESCHYLUSTame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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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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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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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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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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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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