The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
AeschylusFor there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
AeschylusThey sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn
AeschylusWhen we sleep the soul is lit up... by many eyes, and with them, we can see everything that we cannot see in the daytime.
AeschylusATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.
AeschylusIn every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
AeschylusSo in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.
AeschylusAh, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
AeschylusThere are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.
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