Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Quote by Aeschylus

Topics: Death Quotes

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.

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...

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune...

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune...

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of...

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of...

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female...

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female...

Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering

Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering

Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.

Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper...

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper...

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

We shall perish by guile just as we slew.

We shall perish by guile just as we slew.

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

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

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

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...

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you...

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you...