Aeschylus Quotes

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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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Inspirational, Sympathy, God

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

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Missing You, Pain, Memories

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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

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Happiness, Positivity, Effort

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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.

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Men, Sight, Justice

Aeschylus, Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1970). “Oresteia”, p.50, Univ of California Press

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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

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Feet, Libertarian, Knees

Aeschylus (1984). “The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides”, p.135, Penguin

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In war, truth is the first casualty.

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Peace, War, Fighting

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To learn is to be young, however old.

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Thought Provoking, Young, Be Young

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The truth Has to be melted out of our stubborn lives By suffering. Nothing speaks the truth, Nothing tells us how things really are, Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain. And this is how the gods declare their love.

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Truth, Pain, Suffering

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

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Sorrow, Length, Ends

Prometheus Vinctus, l.750-1.

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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.

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Hate, Heart, Hatred

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Only through suffering do we learn

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Suffering

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If you are not envied, you are not enviable.

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Envied, Ifs

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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

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Funny, Wise, Stupid

Aeschylus, David Grene (1959). “Aeschylus”

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When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?

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Strength, Justice, Literature

"Fragments". Book by Aeschylus (Fragment 298),

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The force of necessity is irresistible.

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Force, Irresistible

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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

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Love, God, Helping Others

Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.419, Delphi Classics

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He hears but half who hears one party only.

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Party, Prejudice, Half

"Eumenides". Play by Aeschylus, line 428. "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", p. 631, 1922.

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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

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Friendship, Strength, Success

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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

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Inspirational, Wise, Men

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Fear is stronger than arms.

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Fear, Stronger, Arms

Aeschylus (1959). “The complete Greek tragedies”

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Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.

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Wall, Pain, Suffering

Aeschylus (1961). “Prometheus Bound. The Suppliants. Seven Against Thebes. The Persians”, Penguin Classics

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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn

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Home, Men, Battle

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Simple is the speech of truth.

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Simple, Speech

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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

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Inspirational, Wisdom, Mother

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The reward of pain is experience.

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Pain, Rewards

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Born: 525 BC
Died: 456 BC
Occupation: Dramatist
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