Quotes by 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.”

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

“God always strives together with those who strive.”

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

“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...”

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

“The words of truth are simple.”

“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.”

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

“Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.”

“Memory is the mother of all wisdom.”

“It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.”

“Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.”

“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.”

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

“Every medicine is vain.”

“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.”

“Who except the gods can live without any pain?”

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