Aeschylus Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Sympathy Quotes

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

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So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.

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I pray the gods will give me some relief and end this weary job. One long full year I've been lying here, on this rooftop, the palace of the sons of Atreus, resting on my arms, just like a dog. I've come to know the night sky, every star, the powers we see glittering in the sky, bringing winter and summer to us all, as the constellations rise and sink.

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It is always in season for old men to learn.

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Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind.

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Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.

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Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills.

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God ever works with those who work with will.

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Neither a life of anarchy nor a life under a despot should you praise. To all that lies in the middle has a god given excellence.

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Even the old should learn.

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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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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.

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In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain.

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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.

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Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.

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For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow: it is for him who has done a deed to suffer.

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. . . it is yours women's to be silent and stay within doors.

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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.

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