It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.
Aeschylus
life wisdom men
Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
victory men
Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.
sleep trouble pain life wisdom moderation men
Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.
fortune men
Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
mind
To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.
fortune trouble worth
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
strength
For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.
trust
Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
pain
The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.
trouble
In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
rights
Oh me, I have been struck a mortal blow right inside.
I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.
silence
Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.
The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
fate
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