Quotes by Aeschylus

“Call no man happy till he is dead.”

“Ask the gods nothing excessive.”

“Delay not to seize the hour!”

“Fear is stronger than arms.”

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

“He hears but half who hears one party only.”

“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.'”

“God loves to help him who strives to help himself.”

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

“Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.”

“From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.”

“I know how men in exile feed on dreams.”

“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.”

“For Ares, lord of strife, Who doth the swaying scales of battle hold, War’s money-changer, giving dust for gold, Sends back, to hearts that held them dear, Scant ash of warriors, wept with many a t...”

“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.”

“Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.”