They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
AESCHYLUSDeath is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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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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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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A curse burns bright on crime
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Simple is the speech of truth.
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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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We should know what is true before we break our rage.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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