Aeschylus Quotes

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• To make wail and lament for one's ill fortune, when one will win a tear from the audience, is well worthwhile. Audience
• In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him. Begrudging
• The power that holds the sky's majesty wins our worship. God
• But let the good prevail. Funny
• Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice. Among
• He hears but half who hears one party only. Half
• Wrong must not win by technicalities. Funny
• Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom. All
• Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight. Age
• The high strength of men knows no content with limitation. Content
• By suffering comes wisdom. Comes Wisdom
• For sufferers it is sweet to know before-hand clearly the pain that still remains for them. Clearly
• Time in his aging overtakes all things alike. Aging
• This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends. Doe
• Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further. Ask
• The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness. Act
• Number, the most excellent of all inventions. All
• To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals. Fortunate
• I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence. Many
• Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe Your crisped smiles. Inspirational

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