God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
AESCHYLUSTime brings all things to pass.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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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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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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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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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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We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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