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For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

Aeschylus
Hate, Heart, Hatred

Yet though a man gets many wounds in breast, He dieth not, unless the appointed time, The limit of his life's span, coincide; Nor does the man who by the hearth at home Sits still, escape the doom that Fate decrees.

Aeschylus
Home, Heart, Fate
Aeschylus (1868). “The Tragedies of Aeschylos: The Persians. The seven who fought against Thebes. Prometheus bound. The suppliants. Fragments. Appendix of rhymed choruses”, p.235

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.

Aeschylus
Pain, Memories, Heart
Aeschylus (2007). “The Oresteia”, p.13, RicherResourcesPublications

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.

Aeschylus
Trust, Spring, Heart
Aeschylus (1931). “Prometheus Bound: Translated Into English Rhyming Verse, with Introduction and Notes”

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

Aeschylus
Inspirational, Fear, Heart
Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.142, University of Chicago Press

For in the voyage of the heart, there is a freight of hatred, and the wind of wrath blows shrill.

Aeschylus
Heart, Blow, Wrath
Aeschylus (1964). “The Libation Bearers: And The Eumenides: The Oresteia, Parts II and III.”

There is a time when fear is good and ought to remain seated as a guardian of the heart.

Aeschylus
Heart, Guardian, Ought
Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.247, Delphi Classics

But who can describe the overweening pride of men? Or women mad with passion, reckless in their hearts, soulmates to every kind of ruin that befalls us? Wild passion, unrestrained, boundless, that overcomes the women, perverts the yoke of wedlock for beasts and men alike.

Aeschylus
Soulmate, Passion, Heart
Aeschylus (2011). “The Complete Aeschylus: Volume I: The Oresteia”, p.117, Oxford University Press

Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.

Aeschylus
Heart, Wine, Mirrors

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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