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Alas for the fate of men! Even in the midst of the highest prosperity a shadow may overturn them; but if they be in adverse fortune a moistened sponge can blot out the picture.
Alas for the fate of men! Even in the midst of the highest prosperity a shadow may overturn them; but if they be in adverse fortune a moistened sponge can blot out the picture.
Approximate author period: c. 491 BC · classical
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- Author or tradition
- Æschylus
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
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- Approximate author period: c. 491 BC · classical
author lifetime midpoint (-525–-456)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 215 · printed citation: Æschylus · subject: Prosperity
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