The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage. - Aeschylus

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Once embarked on a course of sensationalism, the composer is forced into a descending spiral spin from which only the most experienced pilot can flatten out in time.

Aeschylus

The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.

Mankind, Misfortunes, Plumage, Varied

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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

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Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.

Wall, Pain, Suffering, Stands, Teach

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

Doe, Man, Men, Reckon, Self, Wisely

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None of the rest of my life figures here.

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Albert Einstein

Nature shows us only the tail of the lion. But there is no doubt in my mind that the lion belongs with it even if he cannot reveal himself to the eye all at once because of his huge dimension.

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