My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always…

Quote by Aeschylus

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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.

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

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...

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...

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only...

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only...

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth,...

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth,...

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.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

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.

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.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

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

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

When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.

When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.

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...

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

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...