In war, the first casualty is truth.
AESCHYLUSShe looked just like a painting dying to speak.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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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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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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We should know what is true before we break our rage.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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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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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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Don’t try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped.
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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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