The Seven Against Thebes Quotes

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The Seven Against Thebes Quotes
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“His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.”
― The Seven Against Thebes
― The Seven Against Thebes
“Fear is stronger than arms.”
― The Seven Against Thebes
― The Seven Against Thebes
“The gods! long since they hold us in contempt,
Scornful of gifts thus offered by the lost!
Why should we fawn and flinch away from doom?”
― The Seven Against Thebes
Scornful of gifts thus offered by the lost!
Why should we fawn and flinch away from doom?”
― The Seven Against Thebes
“In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.”
― The Seven Against Thebes
― The Seven Against Thebes
“Obedience is mother to success and is wedded to safety.”
― The Seven Against Thebes
― The Seven Against Thebes
“But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor.”
― The Seven Against Thebes
― The Seven Against Thebes
“You have learned the lesson by experience.”
― The Seven Against Thebes
― The Seven Against Thebes
“Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!”
― The Seven Against Thebes
― The Seven Against Thebes