Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
AESCHYLUSTime, as it grows old, teaches all things.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.
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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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