I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
AESCHYLUSFew men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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It is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.
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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.
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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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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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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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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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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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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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