Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
AESCHYLUSNothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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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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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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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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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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Simple is the speech of truth.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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Suffering brings experience.
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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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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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