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One Quotes by Aeschylus
- It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
- For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own…
- In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
- It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
- Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred…
- And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
- The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
- Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
- 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…
- Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
- O Death the Healer, scorn thou not, I pray, To come to me: of cureless ills thou art The one physician. Pain lays not its…
- For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.
- In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through…
- Willingly no one chooses the yoke of slavery.
- Misfortune wandering the same track lights now upon one and now upon another.
- To make wail and lament for one's ill fortune, when one will win a tear from the audience, is well worthwhile.
- He hears but half who hears one party only.
- Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.
- 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…
- For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
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