I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

Quote by Aeschylus

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

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

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.

Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy.

Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy.

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

But time growing old teaches all things.

But time growing old teaches all things.

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...

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.

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right...

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right...

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

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

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...

I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit...

I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit...

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you...

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you...

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female...

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female...

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the...

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the...

It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and...

It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and...

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...

You can't give people pride, but you can provide the kind of understanding that makes...

You can't give people pride, but you can provide the kind of understanding that makes...

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.