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47 quotes
ancient Greek playwright
“I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life”
"Chance never helps those who do not help themselves."
on Inspirational
"Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong."
on Wisdom
"Wisdom is the most important part of happiness."
"Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad."
on Psychology
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
on Love
"All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it."
on Character
"The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves."
"It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it."
on Life
"What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!"
on Philosophy
"Why should a man fear since chance is all in all for him and he can clearly fore-know nothing? Best to live lightly as one can unthinking."
on Fear
"Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way."
on Happiness
"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities."
on Mental Health
"When a man has lost all happiness he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse."
"Rather throw away that which is dearest to you your own life than turn away a good friend."
on Relationships
"To throw away an honest friend is as it were to throw your life away."
on Friendship
"You win the victory when you yield to friends."
"One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession."
"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."
"How dangerous can false reasoning prove!"
on Critical Thinking
"Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act."
