Aeschylus Quotes
For know that no one is free, except Zeus. For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends. For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock. 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. 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. For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. God always strives together with those who strive. God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard. God loves to help him who strives to help himself. God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind. Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. 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. His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be. I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery. I know how men in exile feed on dreams. I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths. I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget. I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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