Aeschylus Quotes

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.

Simple is the speech of truth.

We shall perish by guile just as we slew.

But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given to man.

Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.

There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.

It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?

The reward of pain is experience.

Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.

Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.

There is no avoidance in delay.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

He hears but half who hears one party only.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

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

The will was of Zeus, the hand of Hephaestus.

I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

Hungry wailing standeth not aloof.

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

There's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy.

The burning gaze of a young woman, such as hath tasted man, shall not escape me; for I have a spirit keen to mark these things.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

"Reverence for parents" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.

Remember to be submissive, thou art analien, a fugitive, and in need.

Wiles and deceit are female qualities.

Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.

The wisest of the wise may err.

Delay not to seize the hour!

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

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

But let the good prevail.

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

But from the good health of the mind comes that which is dear to all and the object of prayer-happiness.

Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.

What good is it to live a life that brings pains?

A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar.

Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.

Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain

The words of truth are simple.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.