“Therefore, while thou hast me for schoolmaster,
Thou shalt not kick against the pricks.”

— Aeschylus , Prometheus Bound

Source: Prometheus Bound, lines 322–323 (tr. G. M. Cookson)

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Οὔκουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον ἐκτενεῖς.

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Aeschylus 119

ancient Athenian playwright -525–-456 BC

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