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.

  Aeschylus

  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.

  Aeschylus

  Missing You, Pain, Memories

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  Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

  Aeschylus

  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.

  Aeschylus

  Men, Sight, Justice

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

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

  Aeschylus

  Sorrow, Length, Ends

  Prometheus Vinctus, l.750-1.

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

  Aeschylus

  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.

  Aeschylus

  Peace, War, Fighting

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• To learn is to be young, however old.

  Aeschylus

  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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• The force of necessity is irresistible.

  Aeschylus

  Force, Irresistible

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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

  Hate, Heart, Hatred

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• Only through suffering do we learn

  Aeschylus

  Suffering

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• Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

  Aeschylus

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Mother

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• God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

  Aeschylus

  Love, God, Helping Others

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

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

  Aeschylus

  Strength, Justice, Literature

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

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

  Aeschylus

  Friendship, Strength, Success

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

  Aeschylus

  Inspirational, Wise, Men

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• Simple is the speech of truth.

  Aeschylus

  Simple, Speech

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• From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

  Aeschylus

  Inspirational, May, Trunks

  Aeschylus (1901). “Aeschylos: Agamemnon. The libation-pourers. Eumenides. Fragments. Rhymed choruses from Agamemnon, The libation-pourers, Eumenides”

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• Wrong must not win by technicalities.

  Aeschylus

  Winning, Technicalities

  Aeschylus (1954). “Aeschylus: Oresteia; Agamemnon, The libation bearers, The Eumenides, translated and with an introd. by R. Lattimore”

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• It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

  Aeschylus

  Friendship, Jealousy, Character

  "The Oresteian Trilogy". Play by Aeschylus, 458 BC.

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• Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.

  Aeschylus

  Men, Justice, Hypocrisy

  Aeschylus (1954). “Aeschylus: Oresteia; Agamemnon, The libation bearers, The Eumenides, translated and with an introd. by R. Lattimore”

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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

  Pain, Memories, Heart

  Aeschylus (2007). “The Oresteia”, p.13, RicherResourcesPublications

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• The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.

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  Leadership, Sports, Future

  Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.29, University of Chicago Press

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• The man who boldly transgresses, amassing a great heap unjustly--by force, in time, he will strike his sail, when trouble seizes him as the yardarm is splintered. He calls on those who hear nothing and he struggles in the midst of the whirling waters. The god laughs at the hot-headed man, seeing him, who boasted that this would never happen, exhausted by distress without remedy and unable to surmount the cresting wave. He wrecks the happiness of his earlier life on the reef of Justice, and he perishes unwept, unseen.

  Aeschylus

  Struggle, Men, Hot Headed

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