You'll see all other mortal sinners, the ones who flout the honor owed to gods or guests, or loving parents--you'll see them get the justice they deserve. For Hades holds men mightily to a strict accounting down below the earth; he sees all things, inscribes them within the book of his remembering.

Aeschylus

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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. by Aeschylus

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. by Aeschylus

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

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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.

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In war, truth is the first casualty. by Aeschylus

In war, truth is the first casualty.

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Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.

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For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

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

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

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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 of the whirling waters. The god laughs at the hot-headed man, seeing him, who boasted that this would never happen, exhausted by distress without remedy and unable to surmount the cresting wave. He wrecks the happiness of his earlier life on the reef of Justice, and he perishes unwept, unseen.

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To learn is to be young, however old. by Aeschylus

To learn is to be young, however old.

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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the... by Aeschylus

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

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Wiles and deceit are female qualities. by Aeschylus

Wiles and deceit are female qualities.

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Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whos... by Aeschylus

Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.

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Wrong must not win by technicalities. by Aeschylus

Wrong must not win by technicalities.

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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 passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.

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My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you. by Aeschylus

My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.

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

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

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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils. by Aeschylus

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

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Call no man happy till he is dead. by Aeschylus

Call no man happy till he is dead.

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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise. by Aeschylus

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

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