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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.Aeschylus
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.Aeschylus
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.Aeschylus
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except painAeschylus
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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.Aeschylus
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Wisdom comes alone through suffering.Aeschylus
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Oh, the torment bred in the race, the grinding scream of deathand the stroke that hits the vein, the hemorrhage none can staunch, the grief, the curse no man can bear. But there is a cure in the house, and not outside it, no, not from others but from them, their bloody strife. We sing to you, dark gods beneath the earth. Now hear, you blissful powers underground --answer the call, send help. Bless the children, give them triumph now.Aeschylus
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In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of painAeschylus
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.Aeschylus
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My heart's a dance of fear.Aeschylus
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For Ares, lord of strife, Who doth the swaying scales of battle hold, War’s money-changer, giving dust for gold, Sends back, to hearts that held them dear, Scant ash of warriors, wept with many a tear, Light to the hand, but heavy to the soul; Yea, fills the light urn full With what survived the flame– Death’s dusty measure of a hero’s frame!Aeschylus
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And there they ring the walls, the young, the lithe. The handsome hold the graves they won in Troy; the enemy earth rides over those who conquered.Aeschylus
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I know how men in exile feed on dreamsAeschylus
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.Aeschylus
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.Aeschylus
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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.Aeschylus
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There is no avoidance in delay.Aeschylus
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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; and that is far the most unhappy thing of all. -CassandraAeschylus
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It is always in season for old men to learn.Aeschylus
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For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.Aeschylus
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I beg you, alight and join your sorrow with mine: misfortune wanders everywhere, and settles now upon one and now upon another.Aeschylus
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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.Aeschylus
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A curse burns bright on crime.Aeschylus
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.Aeschylus
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The moving light, rejoicing in its strength, Sped from the pyre of pine, and urged its way, In golden glory, like some strange new sun...Aeschylus
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Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?Aeschylus
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Every medicine is vain.Aeschylus
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Neither the life of anarchy nor the life enslaved by tyrants, no, worship neither. Strike the balance all in all and god will give you power.Aeschylus
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Who except the gods can live without any pain?Aeschylus
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Against necessity against its strength no one can fight and win.Aeschylus
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Call no man happy till he is dead.Aeschylus
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Time brings all things to pass.Aeschylus
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Excessive fear is always powerless.Aeschylus
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Ask the gods nothing excessive.Aeschylus
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Delay not to seize the hour!Aeschylus
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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.Aeschylus
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Fear is stronger than arms.Aeschylus
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To the man who himself strives earnestly God also lends a helping hand.Aeschylus
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He hears but half who hears one party only.Aeschylus
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So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle stricken with a dart Said when he saw the fashion of the shaft 'With our own feathers not by others' hands Are we now smitten.'Aeschylus
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.Aeschylus
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When a man's willing and eager God joins in.Aeschylus
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.Aeschylus
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.Aeschylus
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.Aeschylus
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The wisest of the wise may err.Aeschylus
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When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?Aeschylus
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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.Aeschylus
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For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.Aeschylus
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Death is softer by far than tyranny.Aeschylus
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And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin.Aeschylus
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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.Aeschylus
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But time growing old teaches all things.Aeschylus
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.Aeschylus
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What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?Aeschylus
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Whoever is new to power is always harsh.Aeschylus
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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.Aeschylus
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God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.Aeschylus
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God always strives together with those who strive.Aeschylus
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God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.Aeschylus
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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.Aeschylus
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The words of truth are simple.Aeschylus
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.Aeschylus
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In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.Aeschylus
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For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.Aeschylus
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.Aeschylus
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It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.Aeschylus
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Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.Aeschylus
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Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.Aeschylus
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Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.Aeschylus
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By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.Aeschylus