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Dramatist Inspirational Quotes (1690)

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The laws of a state change with the changing times.
Aeschylus
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Be it mine to draw from wisdom's fount, pure as it flows, that calm of soul which virtue only knows.
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Base men who prosper are unenviable.
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For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice.
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For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys all things.
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Bonds and the pangs of hunger are excellent prophet doctors for the wits.
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The unenvied man is not enviable.
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May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.
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Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.
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On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar.
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Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.
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Once to die is better than length of days in sorrow without end.
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For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days.
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Out of respect, a man must veil his words when talking with a woman, but with a man he can frankly say whatever's on his mind.
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But who can describe the overweening pride of men? Or women mad with passion, reckless in their hearts, soulmates to every kind of ruin that befalls us? Wild passion, unrestrained, boundless, that overcomes the women, perverts the yoke of wedlock for beasts and men alike.
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No man looks with love on deeds that to the high Gods hateful prove.
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Words are the parents of a causeless wrath.
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To many mortals silence great gain brings.
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But when the dust has drunk the blood of men, no resurrection comes for one who's dead.
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Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.
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Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right.
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For in the voyage of the heart, there is a freight of hatred, and the wind of wrath blows shrill.
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When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will.
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The seed of mortals broods o'er passing things, and hath nought surer than the smoke-cloud's shadow.
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