Aeschylus Quotes, Summer Quotes, Dog Quotes

I pray the gods some respite from the weary task of this long year's watch that lying on the Atreidae's roof on bended arm, dog- like, I have kept, marking the conclave of all night's stars, those potentates blazing in the heavens that bring winter and summer to mortal men, the constellations, when they wane, when they rise.

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In war the first casualty is the truth.

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With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.

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Jars neither of wine nor of water shall fail in the houses of the rich.

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A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

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Sweet is a grief well ended.

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Do not kick against the pricks.

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Time in his aging overtakes all things alike.

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Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.

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Neither a life of anarchy nor a life under a despot should you praise. To all that lies in the middle has a god given excellence.

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Remember to be submissive, thou art analien, a fugitive, and in need.

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Even the old should learn.

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For know that no one is free, except Zeus.

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Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

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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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The words of truth are simple.

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You'll see all other mortal sinners, the ones who flout the honor owed to gods or guests, or loving parents--you'll see them get the justice they deserve. For Hades holds men mightily to a strict accounting down below the earth; he sees all things, inscribes them within the book of his remembering.

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For this our task hath Fate spun without fail to last for ever sure, that we on man weighed down with deeds of hate should follow till the earth his life immure. Nor when he dies can he boast of being truly free.

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

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God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

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