Aeschylus, Frag. 385, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
— Aeschylus on Oaths
What It Means
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About Aeschylus
Aeschylus (Greek: Αἰσχύλος; 525 BC – 456 BC) was a playwright of ancient Greece, the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.
About Aeschylus
Aeschylus (Greek: Αἰσχύλος; 525 BC – 456 BC) was a playwright of ancient Greece, the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.
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