Aeschylus Quotes

By suffering comes wisdom.

Misfortune wandering the same track lights now upon one and now upon another.

Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood.

The laws of a state change with the changing times.

We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.

It is always the season for the old to learn.

Truly even he errs that is wiser than the wise.

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.

Number, the most excellent of all inventions.

Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.

For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days.

This is the law: blood spilt upon the ground cries out for more.

Art is far feebler than necessity.

A great ox stands on my tongue.

High fortune, this in man's eye is god and more than god is this.

Necessity is stronger far than art.

Wisdom cometh by suffering.

Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.

Still to the sufferer comes, as due from God, a glory that to suffering owes its birth.

Time in his aging overtakes all things alike.

For sufferers it is sweet to know before-hand clearly the pain that still remains for them.

In war the first casualty is the truth.

Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil.

The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.

Jars neither of wine nor of water shall fail in the houses of the rich.

When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it back again?

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.

God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house.

The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.

In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.

From a just fraud God turneth not away.

The unenvied man is not enviable.

Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills.

When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will.

The seed of mortals broods o'er passing things, and hath nought surer than the smoke-cloud's shadow.

Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight.

A people's wrath voiced abroad bringeth grave Danger, no less than public curse pronounced.

Making it a valid law to learn by suffering.

Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom.

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

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.

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

Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.

My heart's a dance of fear.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams

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

A curse burns bright on crime.

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

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...