Quotes by Aeschylus

“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.”

“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. O...”

“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...”

“I salute you as the Gates of Death”

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

“The wisest of the wise may err.”

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

“Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.”

“Death is softer by far than tyranny.”

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

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

“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.”

“But time growing old teaches all things.”

“Time brings all things to pass.”

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

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

“Excessive fear is always powerless.”

“Whoever is new to power is always harsh.”