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Aeschylus4 quotes
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. — Aeschylus · 458 BCNeither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? — Aeschylus · 458 BCWho told them
that they were dead. — AeschylusI consider false words to be the foulest sickness. — AeschylusSophocles4 quotes
There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man. — Sophocles · 441 BCThe happiest life consists in ignorance. — Sophocles · 442 BCNot to be born is, past all prizing, best. — Sophocles · 406 BCOf all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny. — Sophocles · 430 BCWilliam Congreve2 quotes
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — William Congreve · 1697Music has charms to soothe a savage breast. — William Congreve · 1697Euripides1 quote
My tongue swore, but my mind's unsworn. — Euripides · 428 BCHeinrich Heine1 quote
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. — Heinrich Heine · 1821Lord Byron1 quote
You have deeply ventured;
But all must do so who would greatly win. — Lord Byron · 1821Oscar Wilde1 quote
One can live for years sometimes, without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into a single hour. — Oscar Wilde · 1880