Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

Quote by Aeschylus

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to...

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to...

Memory is the mother of all wisdom

Memory is the mother of all wisdom

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.

It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.

It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted...

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted...

To give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

To give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the...

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the...

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all...

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all...

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of...

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of...

It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the...

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the...

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls...

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls...

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity...

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity...

The belly will not listen to advice.

The belly will not listen to advice.

Advice after injury is like medicine after death

Advice after injury is like medicine after death