It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
AESCHYLUSFew men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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In war, the first casualty is truth.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
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Nothing forces us to know, What we do not want to know except pain.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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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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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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