His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
AESCHYLUSFrom a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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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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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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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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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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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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Time brings all things to pass.
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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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Words are doctors for the diseased temper.
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Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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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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Suffering brings experience.
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By time and age full many things are taught.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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Take courage; pain’s extremity soon ends.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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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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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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