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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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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Simple is the speech of truth.
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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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