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Call no man happy till he is dead.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Aeschylus
Happiness, Death, Men
"Oresteia: Agamemnon". Play by Aeschylus,

Pain lays not its touch upon a corpse.

Aeschylus
Death, Pain, Dying
Aeschylus (1868). “The Tragedies of Aeschylos: The Persians. The seven who fought against Thebes. Prometheus bound. The suppliants. Fragments. Appendix of rhymed choruses”, p.232

But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up.

Aeschylus
Death, Men, Blood

A man dies not for the many wounds that pierce his breast, unless it be that life's end keep pace with death, nor by sitting on his hearth at home doth he the more escape his appointed doom.

Aeschylus
Death, Home, Men
Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.414, Delphi Classics

The field of doom bears death as its harvest.

Aeschylus
Death, War, Fields
Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound”, p.92, University of Chicago Press

For a single path leads to the house of Hades.

Aeschylus
Death, House, Path
Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.389, Delphi Classics

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Aeschylus
Death, Desire, Doe

Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills.

Aeschylus
Death, Hate, Men
Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.412, Delphi Classics

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