Aeschylus ( 10 of 40 )
The wisest of the wise may err.
The wisest of the wise may err.
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.
Time brings all things to pass.
Time brings all things to pass.
God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
The reward of suffering is experience.
The reward of suffering is experience.
Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the read more
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.