In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
AESCHYLUSKnow not to revere human things too much.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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