A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.
AESCHYLUSIn the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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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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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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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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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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In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.
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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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Don’t try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped.
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It is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.
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