There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
AESCHYLUSDeath is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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Take courage; pain’s extremity soon ends.
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If a man should wanton walk with crime, he shall find in death no great deliverance.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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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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Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.
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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
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When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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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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Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.
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