What did Aeschylus mean by: Be it mine to draw from wisdom’s fount, pure as it flows, that calm of soul which virtue only knows. Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece Copy
+ God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind. Author, October 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Aeschylus, Morality, Spirituality, Virtue, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy. Read explanation Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aeschylus, Envy, Friendship, Strength, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aeschylus, Consequences, Death, Irreversibility, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ Truly even he errs that is wiser than the wise. Author, September 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Aeschylus, Fallibility, Humility, Wisdom, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ To be free from evil thoughts is God’s best gift. Author, October 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Aeschylus, Divine, Freedom, Purity, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage. Author, June 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Aeschylus, Courage, Fear, Tongue, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ There is no avoidance in delay. Author, September 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Aeschylus, Consequences, Procrastination, Responsibility, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ If a man should wanton walk with crime … he shall find in death no great deliverance. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aeschylus, Consequences, Death, Sin, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
