Æschylus

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Quote	Categories	Rating	Rate
"'Honour thy father and thy mother' stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness."	Law, Writing
"A prosperous fool is a grievous burden."	Miscellaneous
"Bronze is the mirror of the form; wine, of the heart."	Art
"Exiles feed on hope."	Hope, Wishing
"Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy."	Friends, Men, Strength
"For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying."	Friends, Love, Men
"I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil."	Evil, Good, Ignorance
"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."	Character, Friends, Glory
"It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath."	Lies, Men
"Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old."	Age, Learning
"Sweet is a grief well ended."	Miscellaneous
"The future you shall know when it has come; before then forget it."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder."	Age, Change, Fear
"The wisest of the wise may err."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain."	Age, Art, Change
"There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief."	Excellence, Happiness, Joy
"Time as he grows old teaches many lessons."	Age, Education, Men
"When a man's willing and eager, the gods join in."	Age, Men
"Words are the physicians of a mind diseased."	Miscellaneous

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