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