Greek - Poet | 525 BC - 456 BC
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
Aeschylus
GreatGriefPainJoyMemoryPresent
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
InspirationalSmallSeedGrowMighty
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.
GodWisdomHeartPainSleepGrace
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Be KindWordsLieMeSicknessKind
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
SuccessMotherSafetyObedience
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
HateI Have LearnedMoreDisease
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
BestManWiseWise ManSeem
God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
GodManHandHardHelping HandWho
What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
New Year'sFeelingMoreGuestHost
For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
FreeKnowZeusExcept
Everyone's quick to blame the alien.
BlameAlienQuickEveryone
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.
HappinessHeartSeeingBurdenSorrow
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