Occupation: Dramatist Birth: 525 Bc Death: 456 Bc
A great ox stands on my tongue..
Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted..
Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil..
Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger..
For the mighty, even to give away is grace..
You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense..
God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard..
But when the dust has drunk the blood of men, no resurrection comes for one who's dead..
Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praiā¦.
Time, waxing old, doth all things purify..
Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for..
High fortune, this in man's eye is god and more than god is this..
A prosperous fool is a grievous burden..
Old men are children once again a dream that sways and wavers into the hard light of day..
For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days..
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times..
No man looks with love on deeds that to the high Gods hateful prove..
Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further..
The wisest of the wise may err..
Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world..
For mortal kind taketh thought only for the day, and hath no more surety than the shadow of smoke..