But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
AESCHYLUSMy will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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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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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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If a man should wanton walk with crime, he shall find in death no great deliverance.
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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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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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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