#ai

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. ↗

— Aeschylus

#gods #man #mark #misfortune #rail

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence. ↗

— Aeschylus

#beneath #despot #excellence #given #god

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. ↗

— James Lane Allen

#achieves #direct #direct result #fails #his

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him. ↗

— Aesop

#doubtful #enemy #friend #him #how

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. ↗

— Aesop

#heard #our #pray #prayers #strive

The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#attempt #enough #failed #first #first thing

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. ↗

— Aesop

#before #common #easier #entrance #exit

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. ↗

— Aesop

#bending #force #had #little #over

You have to look also to the media, where you have a vast majority of the loudest and most influential political voices in America media from people who came from the entertainment world. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#america #came #entertainment #entertainment world #influential

In my movies, there has been little to do in the way of animal rights. I have never worked in a movie with animals. No horse-riding, no trained dogs, lions, bears. A few actors, but what could I do? We had to have them. ↗

— Casey Affleck

#animal rights #bears #been #could #dogs