It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Quote by Aeschylus

Topics: Advice Quotes

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against...

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against...

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

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...

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.

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

The man who does ill must suffer ill.

The man who does ill must suffer ill.

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?

Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?

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.

The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.

The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

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...

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.