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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

Men, Fallen, Mankind

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (Agamemnon, 884; adapted), 1922.

My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.

Mines

Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.51, University of Chicago Press

Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.

Wall, Pain, Suffering

Aeschylus (1961). “Prometheus Bound. The Suppliants. Seven Against Thebes. The Persians”, Penguin Classics

Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain

Truth, Pain, Want

Wrong must not win by technicalities.

Winning, Technicalities

Aeschylus (1954). “Aeschylus: Oresteia; Agamemnon, The libation bearers, The Eumenides, translated and with an introd. by R. Lattimore”

When a match has equal partners then I fear not.

Marriage, Wedding, Memories

Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound”, p.209, University of Chicago Press

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

Friendship, Jealousy, Character

"The Oresteian Trilogy". Play by Aeschylus, 458 BC.

Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.

Pain, Memories, Heart

Aeschylus (2007). “The Oresteia”, p.13, RicherResourcesPublications

The power that holds the sky's majesty wins our worship.

God, Winning, Sky

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1956). “The complete Greek tragedies”

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

New Year, Feelings, Literature

Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.108, University of Chicago Press

Fear is stronger than arms.

Fear, Stronger, Arms

Aeschylus (1959). “The complete Greek tragedies”

The man who boldly transgresses, amassing a great heap unjustly--by force, in time, he will strike his sail, when trouble seizes him as the yardarm is splintered. He calls on those who hear nothing and he struggles in the midst of the whirling waters. The god laughs at the hot-headed man, seeing him, who boasted that this would never happen, exhausted by distress without remedy and unable to surmount the cresting wave. He wrecks the happiness of his earlier life on the reef of Justice, and he perishes unwept, unseen.

Struggle, Men, Hot Headed

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

Art, Crazy, Writing

"Prometheus Bound". Play by Aeschylus,

Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

Justice, Suffering, Coping

Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.144, Delphi Classics

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

Men, Mind, Decency

Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.51, University of Chicago Press

The wisest of the wise may err.

Wise, Wisdom, Literature

When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.

Men, Helping, Destruction

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Happiness, Death, Men

"Oresteia: Agamemnon". Play by Aeschylus,

Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.

Past, Accomplishment, Mercy

Wiles and deceit are female qualities.

Quality, Female, Deceit

Aeschylus (1860). “Aeschylus”, p.234

Delay not to seize the hour!

Procrastination, Delay, Hours

Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped

Intelligent, Decision, Brain

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

Wise, Men, Knowing

I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.

Hate, Disease, Traitor

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

Evil, Ignorant, Literature

"The Suppliants". Play by Aeschylus,

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