Aeschylus Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Aeschylus:

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.

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What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?

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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

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The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.

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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

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God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.

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It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

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For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

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The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

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By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

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It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.

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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

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You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.

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What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.

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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 wipes the picture away.

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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.

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Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.

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It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.

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And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.

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Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

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We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

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And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.

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The wisest of the wise may err.

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For know that no one is free, except Zeus.

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He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

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Time brings all things to pass.

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The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

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Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.

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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

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But time growing old teaches all things.

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Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

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Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.

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We shall perish by guile just as we slew.

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