“It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.”
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“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”
MenAll Quotes by Aeschylus
“In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.”
Trust“When a match has equal partners then I fear not.”
Fear“Death is easier than a wretched life and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.”
Death“My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.”
Experience“I know how men in exile feed on dreams.”
Dreams“Death is softer by far than tyranny.”
Death“Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.”
Learning“The words of truth are simple.”
Truth“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.”
God“For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.”
Trust“Time brings all things to pass.”
Time“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 sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.”
Happiness“There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.”
Fear“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.”
Education“Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.”
Death“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.”
Great“God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.”
God“Excessive fear is always powerless.”
Fear“By Time and Age full many things are taught.”
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