Quotes from Aeschylus

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.

On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble.

Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.

Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.

Favours come to us from gods.

Wisdom comes through suffering.

Time waxing old can many a lesson teach.

Necessity is stronger far than art.

A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

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 despite, against our will, Comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Ah me, thou Destiny, Giver of evil gifts.

For simple are the words of truth.

The truth has to be melted out of our stubborn lives by suffering. Nothing speaks the truth, nothing tells us how things really are, nothing forces us to know what we do not want to know except pain. And this is how the gods declare their love.

When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it back again?

Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

Wisdom comes only through suffering.

Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills.

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.

Time as he grows old teaches all things.

But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.

And now it goes as it goes and where it ends is Fate. And neither by singeing flesh nor tipping cups of wine nor shedding burning tears can you enchant away the rigid Fury.

Take courage; pain's extremity soon ends.