I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
AESCHYLUSWe spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
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Fear is stronger than arms.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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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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It is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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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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A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.
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Don’t try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped.
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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls.
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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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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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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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