and life beats on, and we nurse our lives with tears, to th… - Aeschylus

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and life beats on, and
we nurse our lives with tears,
to the sound of ripping linen beat our robes in sorrow,
close to the breast the beats throb
and laughter's gone and fortune throbs and throbs.

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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Cry, cry for death, but good win out in glory in the end.

Todo lo enseña, con la vejez, el tiempo.

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.

and life beats on, and we nurse our lives with tears, to the sound of ripping linen beat our robes in sorrow, close to the breast the beats throb and… - Aeschylus

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