I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
AESCHYLUSWe spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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The reward of suffering is experience.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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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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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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By time and age full many things are taught.
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Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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