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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
"Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain."— Aeschylus
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Meaning of this quote
The chorus connects wisdom with painful experience and persistent remembrance.
Key takeaway:
Reflect on experience while recognizing the cost of suffering.
Origin of the quote
A shortened English rendering of Agamemnon’s hymn to Zeus, around lines 176–183.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe post ends in an incomplete fragment and combines phrasing from the passage. The original translation used here was not identified.
