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Best Men Quotes by Aeschylus
- Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart…
- Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
- Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
- 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-…
- Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.
- But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given to man.
- Success is man's god.
- In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.
- Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
- Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight.
- The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
- Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.
- Call no man happy till he is dead.
- Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
- ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out…
- They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn
- Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.
- It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.
- Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy.
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