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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?

For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?

Aeschylus
Sweet, Grief, Suffering
Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.367, Delphi Classics

Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate.

Aeschylus
Memories, Grief, Heart

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