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Quotation from The Oresteia by Aeschylus

“Men shall learn wisdom, by affliction schooled”

Aeschylus (spoken by Chorus)

The Oresteia, Agamemnon, parodos, trans. E. D. A. Morshead (1881)

The chorus describes Zeus’s law that painful experience teaches understanding.

Citation: "Men shall learn wisdom, by affliction schooled" — Aeschylus, The Oresteia, Agamemnon, parodos, trans. E. D. A. Morshead (1881). (id the-oresteia-q1)

Virtues: Prudence

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