Aeschylus Quotes, Mother Quotes, Children Quotes

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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Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

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

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And now it goes as it goes and where it ends is Fate. And neither by singeing flesh nor tipping cups of wine nor shedding burning tears can you enchant away the rigid Fury.

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The wisest of the wise may err.

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When we sleep the soul is lit up... by many eyes, and with them, we can see everything that we cannot see in the daytime.

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In the sinews of the dead there is no blood.

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It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.

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The moving light, rejoicing in its strength, Sped from the pyre of pine, and urged its way, In golden glory, like some strange new sun.

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God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

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

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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 field of doom bears death as its harvest.

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

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The holy heaven yearns to wound the earth, and yearning layeth hold on the earth to join in wedlock; the rain, fallen from the amorous heaven, impregnates the earth, and it bringeth forth for mankind the food of flocks and herds and Demeter's gifts; and from that moist marriage-rite the woods put on their bloom.

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The burning gaze of a young woman, such as hath tasted man, shall not escape me; for I have a spirit keen to mark these things.

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Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.

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Time, waxing old, doth all things purify.

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But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.

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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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