I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
AESCHYLUSFor it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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By time and age full many things are taught.
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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