Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
AESCHYLUSIt’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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A curse burns bright on crime
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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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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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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Suffering brings experience.
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