Occupation: Dramatist Birth: 525 Bc Death: 456 Bc
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow..
Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom..
A man dies not for the many wounds that pierce his breast, unless it be that life's end keep pace with death, nor by sitting on his hearth at home do….
My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you..
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer..
The will was of Zeus, the hand of Hephaestus..
What good is it to live a life that brings pains?.
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 wipe….
Success! to thee, as to a God, men bend the knee..
For this our task hath Fate spun without fail to last for ever sure, that we on man weighed down with deeds of hate should follow till the earth his ….
Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might..
God's mouth knows not how to speak falsehood, but he brings to pass every word..
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered..
Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded..
Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight..
His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be..
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired..
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water..
In the sinews of the dead there is no blood..
Time waxing old can many a lesson teach..
For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?.