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Quotes by Aeschylus
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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.
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
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.
God always strives together with those who strive.
Time brings all things to pass.
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.
What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
The words of truth are simple.
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
But time growing old teaches all things.
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
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.
For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
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