Aeschylus quotes - page 3

The wisest of the wise may err. (Aeschylus)

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

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God always strives together with those who strive.

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Know not to revere human things too much.

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Time brings all things to pass.

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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

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Whoever is just willingly and without compulsion will not lack happiness; he will never be utterly destroyed.

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By Time and Age full many things are taught.

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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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The words of truth are simple.

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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature. (Aeschylus)

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

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I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

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

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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.

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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.

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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

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Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

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You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.

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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.

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What good is it to live a life that brings pains? (Aeschylus)

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.

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Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

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

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And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.

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Aeschylus

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Occupation: Greek Poet
Born: 525 BC
Died: 456 BC
Quotes count: 233
Wikipedia: Aeschylus

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