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• Nor does night conceal men's deeds of ill, but whatsoe'er thou dost, think that some God beholds it.

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  Night, Men, Thinking

  Aeschylus (1873). “The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes”, p.341

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• It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.

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  Feet, Light, Suffering

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• For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

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  Blow, Literature

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• God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.

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  Deceit, Causes, Holy

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (Frag. Incert, II), 1922.

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• We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.

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  Long, Scruples, Wells

  Aeschylus (1984). “The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides”, p.127, Penguin

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• Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

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  Wisdom, Prosperity, Enough

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• Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.

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  Children, Soul, Arrogance

  Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.247, Delphi Classics

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• What good is it to live a life that brings pains?

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  Pain, Literature

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• Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.

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  Work, Men, Haste

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• I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.

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  Literature, Speak, Forget

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

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  Death, Men, Blood

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• It is always in season for old men to learn.

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  Education, Learning, Men

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". 1922.

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• The burning gaze of a young woman, such as hath tasted man, shall not escape me; for I have a spirit keen to mark these things.

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  Women, Burning, Spirit

  Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.391, Delphi Classics

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• Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

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  Men, World, This World

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• For mortal kind taketh thought only for the day, and hath no more surety than the shadow of smoke.

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  Shadow, Kind, Mortals

  Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.420, Delphi Classics

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• Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.

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  Passion, Men, Victory

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• Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

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  Success, Mother, Safety

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• It is always the season for the old to learn.

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  Age, Aging, Seasons

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• For the mighty, even to give away is grace.

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  Giving, Grace

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• The holy heaven yearns to wound the earth, and yearning layeth hold on the earth to join in wedlock; the rain, fallen from the amorous heaven, impregnates the earth, and it bringeth forth for mankind the food of flocks and herds and Demeter's gifts; and from that moist marriage-rite the woods put on their bloom.

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  Rain, Heaven, Demeter

  Aeschylus (1926). “Aeschylus”

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• And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.

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  Blood, Hands, Flow

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• There is no avoidance in delay.

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  Delay, Resolve, Avoidance

  Aeschylus (2016). “The House of Atreus”, p.103, Aeschylus

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• God's mouth knows not how to speak falsehood, but he brings to pass every word.

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  Mouths, Speak, Knows

  "Prometheus Bound". Play by Aeschylus,

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• But let the good prevail.

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  Aeschylus (2007). “The Oresteia”, p.12, RicherResourcesPublications

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• Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

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  Destiny, Long, Praying

  Aeschylus (1873). “The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes”, p.270

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