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Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

Aeschylus
Power, Literature, Harsh

Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood.

Aeschylus
Power, Mood
Aeschylus (1873). “The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes”, p.94

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Aeschylus
Power, Powerless
Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound”, p.140, University of Chicago Press

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Aeschylus
Leadership, Power, Men

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