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Aeschylus Quotes
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Type: Poet Quotes Category: Greek Poet Quotes Year of Birth: 525 BC Year of Death: 456 BC Nationality: Greek Find on Amazon: Aeschylus Related Authors: Sophocles Horace Euripides Hesiod Homer Aristophanes Menander |
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
Aeschylus Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. Aeschylus 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. Aeschylus And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin. Aeschylus And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain. Aeschylus Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen. Aeschylus Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind. Aeschylus But time growing old teaches all things. Aeschylus By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water. Aeschylus By Time and Age full many things are taught. Aeschylus Call no man happy till he is dead. Aeschylus Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. Aeschylus Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly. Aeschylus Death is softer by far than tyranny. Aeschylus Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might. Aeschylus Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment? Aeschylus Everyone's quick to blame the alien. Aeschylus Excessive fear is always powerless. Aeschylus For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone. Aeschylus For children preserve the fame of a man after his death. Aeschylus For hostile word let hostile word be paid. Aeschylus For know that no one is free, except Zeus. Aeschylus For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends. Aeschylus For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends. Aeschylus For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock. Aeschylus 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. Aeschylus 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. Aeschylus For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. Aeschylus From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. Aeschylus God always strives together with those who strive. Aeschylus God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard. Aeschylus God loves to help him who strives to help himself. Aeschylus God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind. Aeschylus Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. Aeschylus He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. Aeschylus 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. Aeschylus His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be. Aeschylus I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery. Aeschylus I know how men in exile feed on dreams. Aeschylus I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths. Aeschylus I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget. Aeschylus I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils. Aeschylus I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence. Aeschylus I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. Aeschylus If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful. Aeschylus If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents. Aeschylus In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. Aeschylus In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house. Aeschylus It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers. Aeschylus It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. Aeschylus It is always in season for old men to learn. Aeschylus It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer. Aeschylus It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill. Aeschylus It is best for the wise man not to seem wise. Aeschylus It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted. Aeschylus It is good even for old men to learn wisdom. Aeschylus It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Aeschylus It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. Aeschylus Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering. Aeschylus Know not to revere human things too much. Aeschylus Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature. Aeschylus Memory is the mother of all wisdom. Aeschylus Mourn for me rather as living than as dead. 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. Aeschylus 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. Aeschylus Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety. Aeschylus Obedience is the mother of success, and success the parent of salvation. Aeschylus Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. Aeschylus Of prosperity mortals can never have enough. Aeschylus Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy. Aeschylus Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel. Aeschylus Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things. Aeschylus Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm. Aeschylus The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance. Aeschylus The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen. Aeschylus The man who does ill must suffer ill. Aeschylus The man whose authority is recent is always stern. Aeschylus The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise. Aeschylus The wisest of the wise may err. Aeschylus The words of truth are simple. Aeschylus There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. Aeschylus There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain. Aeschylus There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually. Aeschylus There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. Aeschylus There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie. Aeschylus Time as he grows old teaches all things. Aeschylus Time brings all things to pass. Aeschylus To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift. Aeschylus To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble. Aeschylus Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune. Aeschylus Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts. Aeschylus We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity. Aeschylus We shall perish by guile just as we slew. Aeschylus What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth? Aeschylus What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors. Aeschylus What good is it to live a life that brings pains? Aeschylus What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest? Aeschylus When a man's willing and eager the god's join in. Aeschylus When a match has equal partners then I fear not. Aeschylus When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they? Aeschylus Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him. Aeschylus Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length? Aeschylus Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain? Aeschylus Whoever is new to power is always harsh. Aeschylus Wisdom comes alone through suffering. Aeschylus Words are the physicians of a mind diseased. Aeschylus You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense. Aeschylus |
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