Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.
- Aeschylus Quote

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
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Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
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Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
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But time growing old teaches all things.
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By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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Death is softer by far than tyranny.
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Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
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Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
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For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.
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For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
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For hostile word let hostile word be paid.
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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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God always strives together with those who strive.
- Aeschylus Quote

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
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He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
- Aeschylus Quote

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.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.
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I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
- Aeschylus Quote

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.
- Aeschylus Quote

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
- Aeschylus Quote

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.
- Aeschylus Quote

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.
- Aeschylus Quote

Obedience is the mother of success, and success the parent of salvation.
- Aeschylus Quote

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
- Aeschylus Quote

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
- Aeschylus Quote

The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.
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The wisest of the wise may err.
- Aeschylus Quote

The words of truth are simple.
- Aeschylus Quote

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
- Aeschylus Quote

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.
- Aeschylus Quote

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.
- Aeschylus Quote

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
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We shall perish by guile just as we slew.
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What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?
- Aeschylus Quote

What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.
- Aeschylus Quote

What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
- Aeschylus Quote

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
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When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
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Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
- Aeschylus Quote

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
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Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
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You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.
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