Aeschylus Quotes

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
Aeschylus

God, Wisdom, Pain

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Aeschylus

Men, Character, Envy

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
Aeschylus

Sympathy, Great, Pain

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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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May, Small, Grow

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
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Education, Learning, Afraid

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.
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Happiness, Heart, Another

I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
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Hate, Learned, Traitors

Call no man happy till he is dead.
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Death, Happy, Dead

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Wisdom, Mother, Memory

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
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Success, Mother, Safety

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
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Alone, Wisdom, Through

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
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Great, Justice, Wealth

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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Happiness, Choice, Effort

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
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Death, Desire, Gods

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
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Goes, Shall, Admired

Time brings all things to pass.
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Time, Pass, Brings

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
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Environmental, Good, Find

The words of truth are simple.
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Truth, Simple, Words

But time growing old teaches all things.
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Time, Old, Growing

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
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Wisdom, Enough, Prosperity

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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God, Mind, Gift

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
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Great, Vote, House

Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
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God, Him, Makes

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
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Men, Lives, Picture

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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Best, Wise, Seem

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

Born: 525 BC

Died: 456 BC

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