For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

Quote by Aeschylus

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity...

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity...

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...

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than...

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than...

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

We shall perish by guile just as we slew.

We shall perish by guile just as we slew.

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to...

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to...

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the...

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the...

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

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

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

What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no...

What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no...

Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering

Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering

Fear those who fear not God

Fear those who fear not God

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper...

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper...