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Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

Aeschylus
Destiny, Long, Praying
Aeschylus (1873). “The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes”, p.270

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

Aeschylus
Men, Destiny, Waiting
"The Libation Bearers". Play by Aeschylus,

Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom.

Aeschylus
Destiny, Wealth, Subtle
Aeschylus (1901). “Aeschylos: Agamemnon. The libation-pourers. Eumenides. Fragments. Rhymed choruses from Agamemnon, The libation-pourers, Eumenides”

The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.

Aeschylus
God, Destiny, Gone

But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.

Aeschylus
Destiny, Knowing, Bears

Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.

Aeschylus
Destiny, Men, Shadow
Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.66, University of Chicago Press

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