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> [The man who boldly transgresses, amassing a great heap unjustly--by force, in time, he will strike his sail, when trouble seizes him as the yardarm is splintered. He calls on those who hear nothing and he struggles in the midst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/the-man-who-boldly-transgresses-amassing-a-great-heap-unjustly-by/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

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## More by Aeschylus

> [“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/hear-the-sum-of-the-whole-matter-in-the-compass-of-one-brief-word/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/may-dawn-as-the-proverb-goes-bring-happy-tidings-coming-from-her/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/in-visions-of-the-night-like-dropping-rain-descend-the-many-memories/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/the-cure-is-in-the-house-not-brought-by-other-hands-from-distant/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/the-tongue-of-slander-is-too-prompt-with-wanton-malice-to-wound-the/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [The holy heaven yearns to wound the earth, and yearning layeth hold on the earth to join in wedlock; the rain, fallen from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/the-holy-heaven-yearns-to-wound-the-earth-and-yearning-layeth-hold-on/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [God loves to help him who strives to help himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/god-loves-to-help-him-who-strives-to-help-himself/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/good-fortune-is-a-god-among-men-and-more-than-a-god/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/zeus-first-cause-prime-mover-for-what-thing-without-zeus-is-done/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/god-planteth-in-mortal-men-the-cause-of-sin-whensoever-he-wills/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/human-prosperity-never-rests-but-always-craves-more-till-blown-up/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/to-be-free-from-evil-thoughts-is-god-s-best-gift/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [Hungry wailing standeth not aloof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/hungry-wailing-standeth-not-aloof/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [“If libations were proper to pour above the slain, this man deserved, more than deserved, such sacrament. He filled our cup with evil things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/if-libations-were-proper-to-pour-above-the-slain-this-man-deserved/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

> [For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/for-there-is-no-defense-for-a-man-who-in-the-excess-of-his-wealth-has/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

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