By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

Quote by Aeschylus

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not...

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not...

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the...

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the...

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune...

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune...

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him...

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him...

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against...

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against...

When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?

When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?

What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?

What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all...

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all...

It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.

The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by...

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by...