The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Æschylus

5 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.— filed under Deceit
So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft, "With our own feathers, not by other's hands, Are we now smitten."— filed under Fate
Necessity is stronger far than art. и.— filed under Necessity
Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe Your crisped smiles.— filed under Ocean
He hears but half who hears one party only.— filed under Prejudice
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