Aeschylus quotes - page 2

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. (Aeschylus)
Time waxing old can many a lesson teach. View quote
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Everyone's quick to blame the alien. View quote
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A great ox stands on my tongue. View quote
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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. View quote
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What is pleasanter that the tie of host and guest. View quote
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It is good even for old men to learn wisdom. View quote
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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life. View quote
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Thou shalt learn, Late though it be, the lesson to be wise. View quote
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Time, waxing old, doth all things purify. View quote
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She Helen brought to Ilium her dowry, destruction. (Aeschylus)
Old men are always young enough to learn with profit. View quote
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But time growing old teaches all things. View quote
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Know'st thou not well, with thy superior wisdom, that On a vain tongue punishment is inflicted? View quote
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Dangerous is a people's voice charged with wrath. View quote
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. View quote
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. View quote
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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. View quote
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. View quote
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself. View quote
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise. (Aeschylus)
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer. View quote
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I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery. View quote
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The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise. View quote
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom. View quote
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Aeschylus

Aeschylus - Image
Photo: Tilemachos Efthimiadis, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: Greek Poet
Born: 525 BC
Died: 456 BC
Quotes count: 233
Wikipedia: Aeschylus

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