Aeschylus Quotes About Honor
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.
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[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day--to you, thief of fire, I speak.
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There's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy.
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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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You'll see all other mortal sinners, the ones who flout the honor owed to gods or guests, or loving parents--you'll see them get the justice they deserve. For Hades holds men mightily to a strict accounting down below the earth; he sees all things, inscribes them within the book of his remembering.
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Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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