Gentle Quotes
Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
"Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world."— Aeschylus
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Meaning of this quote
The appeal asks people to reduce cruelty and cultivate a gentler common life.
Key takeaway:
Act to reduce avoidable cruelty in your community.
Origin of the quote
Edith Hamilton’s modern rendering of Greek ideas, later invoked by Robert F. Kennedy.
Who actually said this?
Likely misattributedScholarship identifies a composite background rather than a verbatim surviving Aeschylus sentence. The precise modern wording should not be credited solely to him.
