But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
AESCHYLUS
Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
More Aeschylus Quotes
-
But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
AESCHYLUS -
They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
AESCHYLUS -
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
AESCHYLUS -
-
In war, the first casualty is truth.
AESCHYLUS -
The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
AESCHYLUS -
In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.
AESCHYLUS -
Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.
AESCHYLUS -
Wrong must not win by technicalities.
AESCHYLUS -
Suffering brings experience.
AESCHYLUS -
His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
AESCHYLUS -
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
AESCHYLUS -
It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
AESCHYLUS -
Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.
AESCHYLUS -
There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
AESCHYLUS -
Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
AESCHYLUS