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Wisdom3 quotes
Where is the wisdom we have lost in
knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in
information? — T.S. Eliot · 1934Mere cleverness is not wisdom. — Euripides · 405 BCJustice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. — Aeschylus · 458 BCLove2 quotes
Love, unconquerable,
Waster of rich men, keeper
Of warm lights and all-night vigil
In the soft face of a girl:
Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor!
Even the pure immortals cannot escape you,
And mortal man, in his one day's dusk,
Trembles before your glory. — Sophocles · 442 BCLove distills desire upon the eyes,
love brings bewitching grace into the heart
of those he would destroy.
I pray that love may never come to me
with murderous intent,
in rhythms measureless and wild.
Not fire nor stars have stronger bolts
than those of Aphrodite sent
by the hand of Eros, Zeus' child. — Euripides · 428 BCPower of love2 quotes
Love, unconquerable,
Waster of rich men, keeper
Of warm lights and all-night vigil
In the soft face of a girl:
Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor!
Even the pure immortals cannot escape you,
And mortal man, in his one day's dusk,
Trembles before your glory. — Sophocles · 442 BCLove distills desire upon the eyes,
love brings bewitching grace into the heart
of those he would destroy.
I pray that love may never come to me
with murderous intent,
in rhythms measureless and wild.
Not fire nor stars have stronger bolts
than those of Aphrodite sent
by the hand of Eros, Zeus' child. — Euripides · 428 BCBeing born1 quote
Not to be born surpasses thought and speech.
The second best is to have seen the light
And then to go back quickly whence we came. — Sophocles · 406 BCBirth1 quote
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. — Seneca · 65Bragging and boasting1 quote
For God hates utterly
The bray of bragging tongues. — Sophocles · 442 BCCarrying on1 quote
Yet we have gone on living,
Living and partly living. — T.S. Eliot · 1935Cleverness1 quote
Mere cleverness is not wisdom. — Euripides · 405 BCDeath as a blessing1 quote
Not to be born surpasses thought and speech.
The second best is to have seen the light
And then to go back quickly whence we came. — Sophocles · 406 BCFilial piety1 quote
Reverence for parents stands written third among the statutes of Justice, to whom honor supreme is due. — Aeschylus · 465 BCForeigners1 quote
Who told them
that they were dead. — AeschylusGod1 quote
Zeus, author of all, worker of all! For what is brought to pass for mortal men save by will of Zeus? What herein is not wrought of god? — Aeschylus · 458 BCGod and man1 quote
Zeus, author of all, worker of all! For what is brought to pass for mortal men save by will of Zeus? What herein is not wrought of god? — Aeschylus · 458 BCGod as first cause1 quote
Zeus, author of all, worker of all! For what is brought to pass for mortal men save by will of Zeus? What herein is not wrought of god? — Aeschylus · 458 BCImmigration1 quote
Who told them
that they were dead. — AeschylusInformation1 quote
Where is the wisdom we have lost in
knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in
information? — T.S. Eliot · 1934Knowledge1 quote
Where is the wisdom we have lost in
knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in
information? — T.S. Eliot · 1934Learning from mistakes1 quote
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. — Aeschylus · 458 BCLife1 quote
Yet we have gone on living,
Living and partly living. — T.S. Eliot · 1935Life and death1 quote
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. — Seneca · 65School of hard knocks1 quote
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. — Aeschylus · 458 BCTyranny1 quote
No, death would be better, for that would be a milder lot than tyranny. — Aeschylus · 458 BCTyrants1 quote
The tyrant is a child of Pride
Who drinks from his great sickening cup
Recklessness and vanity,
Until from his high crest headlong
He plummets to the dust of hope. — Sophocles · 430 BCXenophobia1 quote
Who told them
that they were dead. — Aeschylus