"For Ares, lord of strife, Who doth the swaying scales of battle hold, War’s money-changer, giving dust for gold, Sends back, to hearts that held them dear, Scant ash of warriors, wept with many a te..."
- Aeschylus
"And there they ring the walls, the young, the lithe. The handsome hold the graves they won in Troy; the enemy earth rides over those who conquered."
"I know how men in exile feed on dreams"
"Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community."
"Rumours voiced by women come to nothing."
"For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life."
"There is no avoidance in delay."
"Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out; and that is far the most unhappy thing of all. -Cass..."
"It is always in season for old men to learn."
"For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends."