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Swift-footed is the approach of fate,
And none can justice violate,
But feels its stern hand soon or late.
A speech well-mouthed
In th' utterance, and full-minded in the sense,
As doth befit a servant of the gods!
Easy, whoever out of trouble holds his
Foot, to admonish and remind those faring
Ill.
Therefore, while thou hast me for schoolmaster,
Thou shalt not kick against the pricks.
Thou are a better counsellor to others
Than to thyself:—I judge by deeds not words.
While from inward health doth flow,
Beloved of all, true bliss which mortals seek.
Oresteia (-458)
Since it most profits that the truly wise
Should seem not wise at all.
No boaster he,
But with a hand which sees the thing to do.
Seven Against Thebes (-467)
True marriage is the union that mates
Equal with equal.
She [Helen] brought to Ilium her dowry, destruction.
Oresteia (-458)
Memory, Muse-mother, doer of all things.
Ye waves
That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe
Your crisped smiles.
In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship
Seven Against Thebes (-467)
He has the wisdom of an old man, but his body is at its prime
Seven Against Thebes (-467)
The guardian of poor suffering mankind.
Do not kick against the pricks.
Oresteia (-458)
Against necessity
against its strength, no one can fight and win.
Let not a woman's voice
Be loud in council! for the things without,
A man must care; let women keep within—
Even then is mischief all too probable!
Seven Against Thebes (-467)
To me, no blazon on a foeman's shield
Shall e'er present a fear! such pointed threats
Are powerless to wound; his plumes and bells,
Without a spear, are snakes without a sting.
Seven Against Thebes (-467)
To me, long disciplined in woe, are known
Divers lustrations; when to speak I know,
When to be silent.
Oresteia (-458)