Aeschylus Quotes

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

~ Aeschylus

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

~ Aeschylus

Nothing forces us to knowWhat we do not want to knowExcept pain

~ Aeschylus

Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods.

~ Aeschylus

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

~ Aeschylus

Oh, the torment bred in the race, the grinding scream of deathand the stroke that hits the vein,the hemorrhage none can staunch, the grief,the curse no man can bear.But there is a cure in the house, and not outside it, no,not from others but from them,their bloody strife. We sing to you,dark gods beneath the earth.Now hear, you blissful powers underground --answer the call, send help.Bless the children, give them triumph now.

~ Aeschylus

In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain

~ Aeschylus

Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.

~ Aeschylus

My heart's a dance of fear.

~ Aeschylus

For Ares, lord of strife, Who doth the swaying scales of battle hold, War’s money-changer, giving dust for gold, Sends back, to hearts that held them dear, Scant ash of warriors, wept with many a tear, Light to the hand, but heavy to the soul; Yea, fills the light urn full With what survived the flame— Death’s dusty measure of a hero’s frame!

~ Aeschylus

And there they ring the walls, the young, the lithe. The handsome hold the graves they won in Troy; the enemy earth rides over those who conquered.

~ Aeschylus

Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.

~ Aeschylus

Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.

~ Aeschylus

For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.

~ Aeschylus

There is no avoidance in delay.

~ Aeschylus

Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out; and that is far the most unhappy thing of all. -Cassandra

~ Aeschylus

It is always in season for old men to learn.

~ Aeschylus

For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.

~ Aeschylus

I beg you, alight and join your sorrow with mine: misfortune wanders everywhere, and settles now upon one and now upon another.

~ Aeschylus

ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.

~ Aeschylus

A curse burns bright on crime.

~ Aeschylus

His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.

~ Aeschylus

The moving light, rejoicing in its strength, Sped from the pyre of pine, and urged its way, In golden glory, like some strange new sun...

~ Aeschylus

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

~ Aeschylus

Every medicine is vain.

~ Aeschylus

Neither the life of anarchy nor the life enslaved by tyrants, no, worship neither. Strike the balance all in all and god will give you power.

~ Aeschylus

It is always in season for old men to learn.

~ Aeschylus

Time brings all things to pass.

~ Aeschylus

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

~ Aeschylus

Fear is stronger than arms.

~ Aeschylus

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

~ Aeschylus

When a man's willing and eager God joins in.

~ Aeschylus

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

~ Aeschylus

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

~ Aeschylus

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

~ Aeschylus

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

~ Aeschylus

The wisest of the wise may err.

~ Aeschylus

When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?

~ Aeschylus

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

~ Aeschylus

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

~ Aeschylus