Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
AESCHYLUSFrom a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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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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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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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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Fear is stronger than arms.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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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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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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If a man should wanton walk with crime, he shall find in death no great deliverance.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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