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

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one...

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one...

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...

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust...

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust...

It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.

It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

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

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

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

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

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

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills...

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills...

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

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...

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust...

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust...

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.