For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
AESCHYLUSBut when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
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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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Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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