Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.

Quote by Aeschylus

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Prosperity Quotes

Memory is the mother of all wisdom

Memory is the mother of all wisdom

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...

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

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

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

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right...

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right...

To give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

To give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

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...

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.

Excessive fear is always powerless

Excessive fear is always powerless

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...

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

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...

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him...

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him...

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not...

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not...

I'm moody like Squidward. Sometimes selfish, like Mr. Krabs. A bit dumb, like Patrick. But...

I'm moody like Squidward. Sometimes selfish, like Mr. Krabs. A bit dumb, like Patrick. But...

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.

Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.