The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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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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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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.
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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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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.
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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Suffering brings experience.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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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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