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Aeschylus
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Elefsina
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A great ox stands on my tongue.
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood.
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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In the sinews of the dead there is no blood.
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Only through suffering do we learn
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Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.
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In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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I warn the marauder dragging plunder, chaotic, rich beyond all rights: he'll strike his sails, harried at long last, stunned when the squalls of torment break his spars to bits.
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In war, truth is the first casualty.
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When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it back again?
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The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
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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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God always strives together with those who strive.
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