“I pray the gods will give me some relief and end this weary job. One long weary job.”
“In war, truth is the first casualty.”
“In the lack of judgment, great harm arises.”
“For there is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire.”
“For the imprudent, wisdom is only a burden.”
“For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.”
“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.”
“By suffering comes wisdom.”
“Time as he grows old teaches all things.”
“Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.”
“Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.”
“Men in exile feed on hopes.”
“A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.”
“For a house that is empty of greed and corruption is full of the blessings of the gods.”
“Words are the wine of the heart.”
“Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.”
Aeschylus Quotes :
“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
“God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.”
“For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.”
“Memory is the mother of all wisdom.”
“It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.”
“When a man’s willing and eager, the god’s join in.”
“Call no man happy till he is dead.”
“Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.”
“In visions of the night, like dropping rain, descend the many memories of pain.”
“To mourn and lament over evils is vain; to shun them is the virtue of a wise man.”
“I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.”
“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”
“For know that no one is free, except Zeus.”
“Fear is stronger than arms.”
“For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.”
“It is always in season for old men to learn.”
“Only when man’s life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.”
“From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.”
“The man who does ill must suffer ill.”
“Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.”
“In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.”
“To be free from evil thoughts is God’s best gift.”
“By polluting clear water with slime, you will never find good drinking water.”
“For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.”
“Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.”
“Wisdom comes through suffering.”
“Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.”
“God loves to help him who strives to help himself.”
“There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.”
“It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.”
“Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.”
“The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.”
“The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.”
“It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.”