Occupation: Dramatist Birth: 525 Bc Death: 456 Bc
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power..
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,….
If you will take me as your teacher, you will not kick against the pricks..
But let the good prevail..
Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?.
Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right..
Obedience, you know, is Good Luck's mother, wedded to Salvation, they say..
Whoever is new to power is always harsh..
There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain..
Better to die on your feet than live on your knees..
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 u….
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief..
To learn is to be young, however old..
But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity..
From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof..
Hungry wailing standeth not aloof..
Whoever is just willingly and without compulsion will not lack happiness; he will never be utterly destroyed..
I pray the gods will give me some relief and end this weary job. One long full year I've been lying here, on this rooftop, the palace of the sons of ….
Wrong must not win by technicalities..
Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom..
Delay not to seize the hour!.