Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

Quote by Aeschylus

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...

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.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

When a match has equal partners then I fear not.

When a match has equal partners then I fear not.

Time brings all things to pass.

Time brings all things to pass.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

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...

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.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety

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...

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

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

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

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...

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the...

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the...

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...