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.
AESCHYLUSSearch well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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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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Take courage; pain’s extremity soon ends.
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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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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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls.
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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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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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A curse burns bright on crime
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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