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Aeschylus
Greek
Poet
About the author
Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Time
#Pain
#Gods
By Time and Age full many things are taught.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Time
#Age
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#May
For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Man
#Misfortune
#Gods
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.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Man
#Defense
#Justice
#Sight
#Wealth
#Excess
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.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Heart
#Disease
#Burden
#Sorrow
#Happiness
#Poison
#Hatred
For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Act
For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Friends
#Disease
#Trust
#Tyranny
For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Death
#Children
#Man
#Fame
For hostile word let hostile word be paid.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Word
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
Excessive fear is always powerless.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Fear
Everyone's quick to blame the alien.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Blame
#Quick
Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Words
#Doctors
Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Man
#Destiny
Death is softer by far than tyranny.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Death
#Tyranny
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Life
#Death
Call no man happy till he is dead.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Man
For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Dreams
#Men
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Will
#Drinking
#Water
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Trouble
#Light
In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Right
#Judgment
#Harm
#Vote
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Heart
#Friend
#Trust
#Poison
If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Friends
#Opponents
#Oil
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.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Will
#Man
#Evil
#Word
#Profit
#Deeds
#Shame
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Learning
#Storms
I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Forget
God always strives together with those who strive.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#God
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Disease
#Hate
#Treachery
His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Right
#Love
#Man
#Woman
#Nature
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,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Forget
#Will
#Heart
#Grace
#Wisdom
#Pain
#Sleep
#Despair
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Choice
#Effort
#Happiness
God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Man
#Mind
#Decency
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Help
God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Man
I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Speech
#Misery
#Silence
What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Earth
#Blood
The man who does ill must suffer ill.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Man
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Authority
#Man
The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Man
The wisest of the wise may err.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#May
The words of truth are simple.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Words
#Truth
There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Heart
#Fear
There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Enemy
#Disgrace
#Hate
#Suffering
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Present
#Memory
#Pain
#Grief
#Joy
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Words
#Lie
#Sickness
Time as he grows old teaches all things.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Time
#Old
To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Evil
#Thoughts
Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Friend
#Fortune
Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Men
#Passion
#Victory
The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Trouble
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Strength
#Justice
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Guilt
Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Wisdom
#Suffering
You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Want
#Sense
#Ruin
Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Words
#Mind
#Physicians
Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Power
We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Life
#Prosperity
Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Man
#Haste
We shall perish by guile just as we slew.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
When a match has equal partners then I fear not.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Fear
When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Man
What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Feeling
#Guest
What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Life
What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Man
#Woman
#Advice
#Concern
Time brings all things to pass.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Time
Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Pain
#Gods
But time growing old teaches all things.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Time
#Old
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Character
#Honor
#Men
#Friend
#Envy
It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Old
#Men
#Wisdom
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Advice
#Prosperity
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Man
It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#First
#News
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Man
It is always in season for old men to learn.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Old
#Men
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Mind
#Wine
The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Justice
#Fate
And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Blood
To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Will
#Trouble
#Worth
#Gain
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,
Greek
Poet
#Shadow
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.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Painting
#Misfortune
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Advice
#Calamity
Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Life
#End
#Man
#Prosperity
Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Man
#Self
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Free will
#Ruin
#Happiness
Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Justice
#Learning
#Suffering
Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Harm
#Silence
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Will
#Self
#Pride
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Prosperity
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Death
#Desire
#Gods
#Gifts
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Success
#Mother
#Safety
#Obedience
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,
Greek
Poet
#Will
#Man
#Friends
#Experience
#Fate
#Force
Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Living
Know not to revere human things too much.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Mother
#Wisdom
#Memory
Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
Aeschylus,
Greek
Poet
#Life
#God
#Lies
#Excellence
#Praise
#Anarchy