John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Aeschylus. (525–456 B.C.) |
| 8450 |
| I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil. 1 |
| Suppliants, 453. |
| 8451 |
| “Honour thy father and thy mother” stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness. 2 |
| Suppliants, 707. |
| 8452 |
| Words are the physicians of a mind diseased. 3 |
| Prometheus, 378. |
| 8453 |
| Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. |
| Prometheus, 981. |
| 8454 |
| God’s mouth knows not to utter falsehood, but he will perform each word. 4 |
| Prometheus, 1032. |
| 8455 |
| Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old. 5 |
| Agamemnon, 584. |
| 8456 |
| Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend’s success without envy…. I well know that mirror of friendship, shadow of a shade. |
| Agamemnon, 832. |
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| Exiles feed on hope. |
| Agamemnon, 1668. |
| 8458 |
| Success is man’s god. |
| Choephoræ, 59. |
| Note 1. See Gray, Quotation 10. [back] |
| Note 2. The three great laws ascribed to Triptolemus are referred to,—namely, to honour parents; to worship the gods with the fruits of the earth; to hurt no living creature. The first two laws are also ascribed to the centaur Cheiron. [back] |
| Note 3. Apt words have power to suage The tumours of a troubl’d mind. John Milton: Samson Agonistes. [back] |
| Note 4. God is not a man that he should lie;… hath he said, and shall he not do it?—Numbers xxiii. 19. [back] |
| Note 5. See Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Quotation 58. [back] |