Blood Quotes
But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
"But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up."— Aeschylus
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Meaning of this quote
The finality of death intensifies the moral seriousness of bloodshed.
Key takeaway:
Treat violence and its irreversible consequences with gravity.
Origin of the quote
Eumenides; lines 647–648.
Who actually said this?
Source passage identified through a secondary reference; wording varies between English translations.
