A Quote by Aeschylus

Do not kick against the pricks. — © Aeschylus
Do not kick against the pricks.

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It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
If you will take me as your teacher, you will not kick against the pricks.
The golden fleece of self-sufficiency guards against cudgel- blows but not against pin-pricks.
Good luck to progressive candidates in U.S. Senate elections against the usual rich, white, racist, women-hating pricks they run against.
Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I've understood the art, a punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. The height of cultivation is really nothing special. It is merely simplicity; the ability to express the utmost with the minimum.
I try to treat every kick the same and I want to make every kick, let alone the kick at the end of the game.
One cannot kick against geography!
The best player I ever played against was Paolo Maldini. We [Arsenal] played against Milan in the European Supercup [in 1995]. Maldini marked me and I didn't even get a kick of the ball all game. He was just unbelievable.
I don't have anything against Jimmy Fallon. I love him; he's a kick.
I don’t have anything against Jimmy Fallon, I love him, he’s a kick...
I just kick the ball against the cement wall and work on my touches and juggling.
I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again.
Reality is what kicks back when you kick it. This is just what physicists do with their particle accelerators. We kick reality and feel it kick back. From the intensity and duration of thousands of those kicks over many years, we have formed a coherent theory of matter and forces, called the standard model, that currently agrees with all observations.
Old habits die hard, I guess. If you dont kick them, they kick you.
I am a touring artist - I get a kick out of it, like, a huge kick.
If you're humble in defeat, everyone may still kick you, but they won't kick you as much.
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