There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
AESCHYLUSFor wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
More Aeschylus Quotes
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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Words are doctors for the diseased temper.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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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.
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Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.
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But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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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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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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Don’t try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped.
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In war, the first casualty is truth.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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