It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
AESCHYLUSDo not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
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We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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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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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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It is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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