Aeschylus Quotes, Vanity Quotes

They who prosper take on airs of vanity.

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Once to die is better than length of days in sorrow without end.

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Wisdom cometh by suffering.

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

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The words of truth are simple.

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Watchful are the Gods of all Hands with slaughter stained. The black Furies wait, and when a man Has grown by luck, not justice, great, With sudden overturn of chance They wear him to a shade, and, cast Down to perdition, who shall save him?

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There is a limit to the best of health, disease is always a near neighbor.

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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 your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.

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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

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I warn the marauder dragging plunder, chaotic, rich beyond all rights: he'll strike his sails, harried at long last, stunned when the squalls of torment break his spars to bits.

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A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.

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Honor modesty more than your life.

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Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.

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Fear is stronger than arms.

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What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.

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On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged.

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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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Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil.

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