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Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.

Aeschylus

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Aeschylus
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Elefsina
Æschylus
Aeschylos
Nothing
Lustre
Men
Diminishes
Diminish
Beneath
Sky
Walking
Proud
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Unregarded

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