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Inspirational Quotes by Aeschylus

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Aeschylus observes that good fortune acts like a deity among people and that the voice of the crowd carries great power. He notes that necessity cannot be resisted and that honor and modesty outweigh even life itself. He also points out that words can heal the sick and that true greatness includes sharing grace.

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Time cleanses what it touches over time.

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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.

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Delay not to seize the hour!

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Success is man's god.

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By suffering comes wisdom.

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The force of necessity is irresistible.

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Wisdom cometh by suffering.

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Fear is stronger than arms.

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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.

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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.

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It is always the season for the old to learn.

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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.

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Black smoke, the flickering sister of fire.

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For the mighty, even to give away is grace.

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Time in his aging overtakes all things alike.

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God ever works with those who work with will.

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For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.

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Honor modesty more than your life.

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Words are healers of the sick tempered.

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But let the good prevail.

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Pain lays not its touch upon a corpse.

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Ask the gods nothing excessive.

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Wrong must not win by technicalities.

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They who prosper take on airs of vanity.

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Necessity is stronger far than art.

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Do not kick against the pricks.

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Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.

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Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.

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God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.

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. . . it is yours women's to be silent and stay within doors.

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With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.

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The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.

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It is through suffering that learning comes.

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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death

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Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe Your crisped smiles.

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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

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Willingly no one chooses the yoke of slavery.

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Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.

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