Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
AESCHYLUSWe should know what is true before we break our rage.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Fear is stronger than arms.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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Words are doctors for the diseased temper.
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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Simple is the speech of truth.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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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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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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