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Aeschylus
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And now it goes as it goes and where it ends is Fate. And neither by singeing flesh nor tipping cups of wine nor shedding burning tears can you enchant away the rigid Fury.
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Justice, voiceless, unseen, seeth thee when thou sleepest and when thou goest forth and when thou liest down. Continually doth she attend thee, now aslant thy course, now at a later time. These lines are from a section of doubtful or spurious fragments.
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For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.
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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.
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The force of necessity is irresistible.
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Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.
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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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Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
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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 of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.
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Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
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The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood.
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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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Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.
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Willingly no one chooses the yoke of slavery.
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Time waxing old can many a lesson teach.
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There is a time when fear is good and ought to remain seated as a guardian of the heart.
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Success is man's god.
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Suffering brings experience.
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God always strives together with those who strive.
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Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.
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