Trees, though they are cut and lopped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again. Pericles, from Plutarch, Lives
Greek politician in Athens (490 BC - 429 BC) Wait for that wisest of all counselors, Time. Pericles, from Plutarch, Lives
Greek politician in Athens (490 BC - 429 BC) The descent to Hades is the same from every place. Anaxagoras, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Greek astronomer & philosopher (500 BC - 428 BC) Words have a longer life than deeds. Pindar, Nemean Odes
Greek lyric poet (522 BC - 443 BC) His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best. Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes
Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC) I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope. Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC) Vigorous writing is concise. William Strunk Jr., "The Elements of Style", 1919 Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC) It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC) Time as he grows old teaches all things. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
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