We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
AESCHYLUSIt is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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The reward of suffering is experience.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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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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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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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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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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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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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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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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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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