Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
AESCHYLUSWe spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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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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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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We should know what is true before we break our rage.
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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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A curse burns bright on crime
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When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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If a man should wanton walk with crime, he shall find in death no great deliverance.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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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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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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