It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
AESCHYLUSMany among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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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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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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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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Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
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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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The reward of suffering is experience.
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