Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away. Aeschylus More Quotes by Aeschylus More Quotes From Aeschylus Bonds and the pangs of hunger are excellent prophet doctors for the wits. Aeschylus hunger intelligence doctors Making it a valid law to learn by suffering. Aeschylus learning suffering law Art is far feebler than necessity. Aeschylus philosophy history art Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy. Aeschylus men inspire life Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger. Aeschylus ill stranger speak It is always the season for the old to learn. Aeschylus aging seasons age When a man's willing and eager the god's join in. Aeschylus god success motivational God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause. Aeschylus deceit holy causes Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god. Aeschylus good-fortune fortune men Necessity is stronger far than art. Aeschylus stronger art For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life. Aeschylus pain suffering would-be In war the first casualty is the truth. Aeschylus politics political war And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin. Aeschylus ruins free-will literature Hungry wailing standeth not aloof. Aeschylus aloof wailing hungry Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals? Aeschylus causes done firsts The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured. Aeschylus destiny god gone Wisdom cometh by suffering. Aeschylus wisdom suffering Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate. Aeschylus grief heart memories We shall perish by guile just as we slew. Aeschylus guile literature The unenvied man is not enviable. Aeschylus envy men
