In war, the first casualty is truth.
AESCHYLUSGod’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
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Nothing forces us to know, What we do not want to know except pain.
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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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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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We should know what is true before we break our rage.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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