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Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

Aeschylus

Greek Poet

Died: 456 BC

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Men, Picture, Painting, Misfortune, Sponge, Fair, Glitter, Like, Prosperous, Wet, Blow, Blurred, Lives

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Archilochus, Aristophanes, Euripides, Hesiod, Homer, Menander, Pindar, Sophocles

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