A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
AeschylusRead
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
Interpretation
Tyrants are often consumed by distrust, leading to isolation and paranoia.
This quote by Aeschylus highlights the inherent loneliness that comes with tyranny. While tyrants may wield power and control, they are ultimately trapped in a cycle of suspicion, unable to form genuine connections. This lack of trust not only alienates them from potential allies but also breeds a sense of insecurity, as they fear betrayal even from those closest to them.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the psychological effects of absolute power in a leadership seminar.
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
Neither a life of anarchy nor a life under a despot should you praise. To all that lies in the middle has a god given excellence.
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
In war, truth is the first casualty.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
When a match has equal partners then I fear not.
Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is a hallucinating idiot...for he sees what no one else does: things that, to everyone else, are not there.
I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence.
When we come face-to-face with one down a dark alley, we're going to be having a shufti to see if it's solid, aren't we, we're not going to be asking, 'Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?
Every institution is inherently demonic.
As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted.
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