Aeschylus quotes

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

The wisest of the wise may err.

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

God always strives together with those who strive.

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

But time growing old teaches all things.

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

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

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

The words of truth are simple.

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

It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.

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

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

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

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

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

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

When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

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

God always strives together with those who strive.

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

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.

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.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

When a match has equal partners then I fear not.

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

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

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

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.

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

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

It is always in season for old men to learn.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

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

Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.

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