It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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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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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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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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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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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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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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Suffering brings experience.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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