Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

Quote by Aeschylus

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

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,...

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of...

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of...

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

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...

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

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.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to...

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to...

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'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.

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.

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

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

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.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

Time brings all things to pass.

Time brings all things to pass.

The problem with loving is that pets don't last long enough and people last too...

The problem with loving is that pets don't last long enough and people last too...

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all...

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all...

Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to...

Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to...

Ive concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress our genius only because...

Ive concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress our genius only because...