“Thou are a better counsellor to others
Than to thyself: I judge by deeds not words.”

— Aeschylus , Prometheus Bound

Source: Prometheus Bound, lines 335–336 (tr. G. M. Cookson)

Original

Πολλῷ γ' ἀμείνων τοὺς πέλας φρενοῦν ἔφυς ἢ σαυτόν. ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τεκμαίρομαι.

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ancient Athenian playwright -525–-456 BC

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