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Quotes from Seven Against Thebes — Aeschylus

525 BC–456 BC Greece

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

Seven Against Thebes (-467)

Through want of heart fear seizes on my tongue.

Seven Against Thebes (-467)

Obedience mother is of good success,
Sure pledge of safety.

Seven Against Thebes (-467)

He or silence keeps or speaks in season.

Seven Against Thebes (-467)

If any one bear evil, let it be
Without disgrace, sole profit to the dead;
On base and evil deeds no glory waits.

Seven Against Thebes (-467)

No boaster he,
But with a hand which sees the thing to do.

Seven Against Thebes (-467)

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)

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)

True, but the strength of god is mightier still,
And oft, in direst strait,
It lifteth from the lowest depths of ill
Him who, with cloud-veiled eyes, was desperate.

Seven Against Thebes (-467)

The field of Sin
Brings forth the fruits of Death.

Seven Against Thebes (-467)

Gain upon gain, and interest to boot!

Seven Against Thebes (-467)

Attribution

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