Aeschylus Quotes

So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle stricken with a dart Said when he saw the fashion of the shaft 'With our own feathers not by others' hands Are we now smitten.'

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

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.

Delay not to seize the hour!

For Ares, lord of strife,tWho doth the swaying scales of battle hold,t War’s money-changer, giving dust for gold,t Sends back, to hearts that held them dear,tScant ash of warriors, wept with many a tear,tLight to the hand, but heavy to the soul;t Yea, fills the light urn fullt With what survived the flame—tDeath’s dusty measure of a hero’s frame!

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

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

Who except the gods can live without any pain?

My heart's a dance of fear.

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.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

He hears but half who hears one party only.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

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

There is no avoidance in delay.

A curse burns bright on crime.

Time brings all things to pass.

Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.

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...

Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.

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

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

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

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

It is always in season for old men to learn.

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.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

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

Call no man happy till he is dead.

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

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.

Every medicine is vain.

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.

Fear is stronger than arms.

Against necessity against its strength no one can fight and win.

To the man who himself strives earnestly God also lends a helping hand.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

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.