Aeschylus Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Jealousy Quotes

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

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From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

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It is always the season for the old to 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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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.

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I pray the gods some respite from the weary task of this long year's watch that lying on the Atreidae's roof on bended arm, dog- like, I have kept, marking the conclave of all night's stars, those potentates blazing in the heavens that bring winter and summer to mortal men, the constellations, when they wane, when they rise.

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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn

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Call no man happy till he is dead.

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There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.

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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.

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Whoever is just willingly and without compulsion will not lack happiness; he will never be utterly destroyed.

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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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Wisdom cometh by suffering.

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God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.

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The seed of mortals broods o'er passing things, and hath nought surer than the smoke-cloud's shadow.

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And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.

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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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For mortal kind taketh thought only for the day, and hath no more surety than the shadow of smoke.

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