It is in the character of very few men to honor without env… - Aeschylus

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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

Aeschylus

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Aeschylus (Greek: Αἰσχύλος; 525 BC – 456 BC) was a playwright of ancient Greece, the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

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Native Name: Αἰσχύλος

Alternative Names: Æschylus • Aeschylos

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Aș vrea să fiu mai bine un nătâng, decât un înțelept vestind nenorociri.
Să se petreacă toate minunat chiar împotriva minții mele!

Sophokles is a playwright fascinated in general by people who say no, people who resist compromise, people who make stumbling blocks of themselves, like Antigone or Ajax.

Glances whose gentle fire Bestowed both wound and balm;

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. - Aeschylus

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