Quote by Aeschylus

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how wh

Summary

This quote highlights the contrasting perspectives and beliefs humans have when facing hardships and moments of hope. It suggests that when individuals experience misfortunes, they become fearful and apprehensive about every possible danger around them. However, when things take a positive turn and they feel supported by a higher power, they tend to be optimistic, believing that their circumstances will always be favorable. The quote emphasizes the influence of experiences and faith on shaping our perceptions and mindset during times of hardship and triumph.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% bu

Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.

I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always champ

I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries.

The tragedy is that we cannot believe the dogmas of religion

The tragedy is that we cannot believe the dogmas of religion and metaphysics if we have the strict methods of truth in heart and head, but on the other hand, we have become through the development of humanity so tenderly suffering that we need the highest kind of means of salvation and consolation: whence arises the danger that man may bleed to death through the truth that he realises.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.

The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.

The magic of America is that we're a free and open society w

The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

Madeleine Albright

Education has for its object the formation of character. To

Education has for its object the formation of character. To curb restive propensities, to awaken dormant sentiments, to strengthen the perceptions, and cultivate the tastes, to encourage this feeling and repress that, so as finally to develop the child into a man of well proportioned and harmonious naturethis is alike the aim of parent and teacher.

Herbert Spencer

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think th

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese com

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

Walter F. Mondale

A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vis

A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is drudgery. A vision with a task is the hope of the world.

Donald Zimmerman

The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of i

The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a secon

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.

Albert Einstein, On relativity

[I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does i

[I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does is remind the reader of how smart the reader is.

David Foster Wallace

Inspirational Writers Readers