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Man Quotes by 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 sight.
- God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
- God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
- It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
- Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
- The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
- When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.
- For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
- Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
- Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
- The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
- What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.
- My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a…
- If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a…
- The great and amorous sky curved over the earth, and lay upon her as a pure lover. The rain, the humid flux descending from heaven…
- It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
- It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
- Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
- Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
- 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.
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