Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.
AESCHYLUSFor wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
More Aeschylus Quotes
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Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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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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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.
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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 act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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