Aeschylus Quotes

A great ox stands on my tongue.

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The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.

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The unenvied man is not enviable.

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Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.

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[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day--to you, thief of fire, I speak.

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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.

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The so-called mother of the child isn't the child's begetter, but only a sort of nursing soil for the new-sown seed. The man, the one on top, is the true parent, while she, a stranger, foster's a stranger's sprout.

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Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.

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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

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He hears but half who hears one party only.

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Fortune is for all, judgment is theirs who have won it for themselves.

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Suffering brings experience.

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The great and amorous sky curved over the earth, and lay upon her as a pure lover. The rain, the humid flux descending from heaven for both man and animal, for both thick and strong, germinated the wheat, swelled the furrows with fecund mud and brought forth the buds in the orchards. And it is I who empowered these moist espousals, I the great Aphrodite.

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By suffering comes wisdom.

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Success! to thee, as to a God, men bend the knee.

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If a man should wanton walk with crime ... he shall find in death no great deliverance.

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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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Base men who prosper are unenviable.

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