Aeschylus Quotes

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• Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.
• Willingly no one chooses the yoke of slavery.
• Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.
• Black smoke, the flickering sister of fire.
• Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns…
• Words are healers of the sick tempered.
• For the mighty, even to give away is grace.
• When we sleep the soul is lit up... by many eyes, and with them, we can see everything that we cannot see in the daytime.
• It is through suffering that learning comes.
• To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.
• But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given to man.
• Success is man's god.
• Obedience, you know, is Good Luck's mother, wedded to Salvation, they say.
• Do not kick against the pricks.
• Ask the gods nothing excessive.
• There's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy.
• The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.
• The force of necessity is irresistible.
• Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.
• Misfortune wandering the same track lights now upon one and now upon another.

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