Aeschylus Quotes

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• For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life. All
• Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals? Among
• So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft:… Dart
• I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils. Evil
• Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped Brain
• Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart… Alone
• Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy. Dare
• Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all… All
• Fear is stronger than arms. Arms
• In war the first casualty is the truth. Casualties
• God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause. Averse
• Wiles and deceit are female qualities. Deceit
• Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. Coping
• Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him. God
• Honor modesty more than your life. Honor
• Wisdom cometh by suffering. Cometh
• In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through… April
• Justice, voiceless, unseen, seeth thee when thou sleepest and when thou goest forth and when thou liest down. Continually doth she attend thee, now aslant… Aslant
• I pray the gods some respite from the weary task of this long year's watch that lying on the Atreidae's roof on bended arm, dog-… All
• Myriad laughter of the ocean waves. Laughter

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