God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

Quote by Aeschylus

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...

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust...

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust...

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls...

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls...

God always strives together with those who strive.

God always strives together with those who strive.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

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

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

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

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...

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.

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

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

To give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

To give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.

For know that no one is free, except Zeus.

For know that no one is free, except Zeus.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Call no man happy till he is dead.