Know not to revere human things too much.
AESCHYLUSFew men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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Words are doctors for the diseased temper.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
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In war, the first casualty is truth.
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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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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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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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