Quotes By Aeschylus

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.

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

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.

To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

We shall perish by guile just as we slew.

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

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.

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

What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

Time as he grows old teaches all things.

The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.

It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.

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

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

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

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.