Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

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• Aeschylus:

  Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.

• Aeschylus:

  For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

• Aeschylus:

  And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to ut

• Aeschylus:

  The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

• Aeschylus:

  We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

• Aeschylus:

  For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.

• Aeschylus:

  It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffe

• Aeschylus:

  For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

• Aeschylus:

  You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.

• Aeschylus:

  Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among m