Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

Δίκα δὲ τοῖς μὲν παθοῦσιν μαθεῖν ἐπιρρέπει:

Aeschylus

Agamemnon

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School of hard knocks Learning from mistakes Wisdom

Speaker

Chorus (Greek drama)

Author

Aeschylus

Source

Agamemnon

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play Greek theater

Language

Greek

Time

458 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Aeschylus. Agamemnon. 458 B. C., l. 250.

Current Citation

Aeschylus. "Agamemnon." Agamemnon, Libation, Bearers, Eumenides, Fragments. Translated by Herbert Weir Smyth and Hugh Lloyd-Jones. Harvard UP, 1960, l. 250.

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Another quote about Wisdom

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

Proverbs 9:10

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Fear of God Wisdom
Source
Proverbs The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
-686 -680s 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 9:10).

Another quote from the 5th century BC

One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.

Heraclitus

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The only constant is change Change Rivers

Author

Heraclitus
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford UP, 2009, DK B12.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8

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Deliverance of Israel Liberation
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Exodus The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
-1405 -1400s 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Exodus 3:8).

Another quote originally in Greek

How, then, might we contrive... One noble lie to persuade if possible the rulers themselves, but failing that the rest of the city?

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Politics and lies Lies
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic. Written by Plato. 375 BC, 3, 414b-c.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic. Written by Plato. Translated by G. M. A Grube and C. D. C. Reeve. Hackett Publishing, 1992, 3, 414b-c.