From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
AESCHYLUSIt is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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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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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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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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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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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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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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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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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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