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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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AESCHYLUS Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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AESCHYLUS When one is willing and eager, the Gods join in.
AESCHYLUS Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
AESCHYLUS When a match has equal partners then I fear not.
AESCHYLUS He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
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AESCHYLUS It is always in season for old men to learn.
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AESCHYLUS Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood
AESCHYLUS Ask the gods nothing excessive.
AESCHYLUS I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
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AESCHYLUS We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
AESCHYLUS For hostile word let hostile word be paid.
AESCHYLUS It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.
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AESCHYLUS Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
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AESCHYLUS Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.
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AESCHYLUS By Time and Age full many things are taught.
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AESCHYLUS I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.
AESCHYLUS For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
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AESCHYLUS It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.
AESCHYLUS Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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AESCHYLUS Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
AESCHYLUS The words of truth are simple.
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AESCHYLUS Every medicine is vain.
AESCHYLUS Bastions of wealth
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AESCHYLUS She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
AESCHYLUS My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.
AESCHYLUS Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
AESCHYLUS Time in its aging course teaches all things.
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