+ With our own feathers, not by others’ hands, Are we now smitten. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aeschylus, Adversity, Independence, Self-reliance, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aeschylus, Consequences, Lineage, Sin, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ For mortal kind taketh thought only for the day, and hath no more surety than the shadow of smoke. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aeschylus, Impermanence, Mortality, Uncertainty, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ Making it a valid law to learn by suffering. Author, July 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Aeschylus, Law, Learning, Suffering, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ Jars neither of wine nor of water shall fail in the houses of the rich. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aeschylus, Abundance, Provision, Wealth, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ Wrong must not win by technicalities. Author, October 9, 2023January 2, 2025, Aeschylus, Fairness, Integrity, Justice, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals? Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Aeschylus, Dependence, Mortality, Power, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ To learn is to be young, however old. Read explanation Author, August 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Aeschylus, Age, Learning, Youth, 0 Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
