Aeschylus Quotes

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  He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

  Aeschylus

  Inspirational, Sympathy, God

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

  Aeschylus

  Missing You, Pain, Memories

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  Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

  Aeschylus

  Happiness, Positivity, Effort

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  For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

  Aeschylus

  Men, Sight, Justice

  Aeschylus, Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1970). “Oresteia”, p.50, Univ of California Press

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• In war, truth is the first casualty.

  Aeschylus

  Peace, War, Fighting

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• Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

  Aeschylus

  Feet, Libertarian, Knees

  Aeschylus (1984). “The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides”, p.135, Penguin

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• To learn is to be young, however old.

  Aeschylus

  Thought Provoking, Young, Be Young

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• The truth Has to be melted out of our stubborn lives By suffering. Nothing speaks the truth, Nothing tells us how things really are, Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain. And this is how the gods declare their love.

  Aeschylus

  Truth, Pain, Suffering

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• Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

  Aeschylus

  Political, Aliens, Blame

  Aeschylus (1956). “Aeschylus: The suppliant maidens, The Persians, translated by S. G. Benardete. Seven against Thebes, Prometheus bound, translated by D. Grene”

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• For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

  Aeschylus

  Hate, Heart, Hatred

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• Only through suffering do we learn

  Aeschylus

  Suffering

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• Wisdom comes through suffering.
  Trouble, with its memories of pain,
  Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,
  So men against their will
  Learn to practice moderation.
  Favours come to us from gods.

  Aeschylus

  Pain, Memories, Heart

  Aeschylus (2007). “The Oresteia”, p.13, RicherResourcesPublications

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• Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.

  Aeschylus

  Reality, Men, Justice

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• Wiles and deceit are female qualities.

  Aeschylus

  Quality, Female, Deceit

  Aeschylus (1860). “Aeschylus”, p.234

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• Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain

  Aeschylus

  Truth, Pain, Want

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• I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.

  Aeschylus

  Hate, Disease, Traitor

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• It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

  Aeschylus

  Believe, Men, Keeping Promises

  "Fragment 385". Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th edition, 1919.

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• It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

  Aeschylus

  Inspirational, Wise, Men

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• Wrong must not win by technicalities.

  Aeschylus

  Winning, Technicalities

  Aeschylus (1954). “Aeschylus: Oresteia; Agamemnon, The libation bearers, The Eumenides, translated and with an introd. by R. Lattimore”

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• It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

  Aeschylus

  Friendship, Jealousy, Character

  "The Oresteian Trilogy". Play by Aeschylus, 458 BC.

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• God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

  Aeschylus

  Love, God, Helping Others

  Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.419, Delphi Classics

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• It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

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  Men, Fallen, Mankind

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (Agamemnon, 884; adapted), 1922.

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• The reward of pain is experience.

  Aeschylus

  Pain, Rewards

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• From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

  Aeschylus

  Inspirational, May, Trunks

  Aeschylus (1901). “Aeschylos: Agamemnon. The libation-pourers. Eumenides. Fragments. Rhymed choruses from Agamemnon, The libation-pourers, Eumenides”

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• Call no man happy till he is dead.

  Aeschylus

  Happiness, Death, Men

  "Oresteia: Agamemnon". Play by Aeschylus,

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