Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
AESCHYLUSTame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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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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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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We should know what is true before we break our rage.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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