Quotes from Aeschylus

A man dies not for the many wounds that pierce his breast, unless it be that life's end keep pace with death, nor by sitting on his hearth at home doth he the more escape his appointed doom.

Success is man's god.

The people's awe and innate fear will hold injustice back by day, by night, so long as the people leave the laws intact, just as they are: muddy the cleanest spring, and all you'll have to drink is muddy water.

Willingly no one chooses the yoke of slavery.

There is no disease I spit on more than treachery.

No man looks with love on deeds that to the high Gods hateful prove.

Lo, when man's force doth ope The virgin doors, there is no cure nor hope For what is lost.

Verily a prosperous fool is a heavy load.

Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.

Where are my many promised gifts and spoils of war? Where are my bold and silver cups?

From a just fraud God turneth not away.

Whoever is just willingly and without compulsion will not lack happiness; he will never be utterly destroyed.

Fortune is for all, judgment is theirs who have won it for themselves.

Old men are children once again a dream that sways and wavers into the hard light of day.

The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood.

To him that toileth God oweth glory, child of his toil.

Wisdom to learn is e'en for old men good.

Death is preferable -- it is a milder fate than tyranny.

The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.

Time cleanses what it touches over time.

The Sphinx, the Watch-dog that presideth over evil days.

Give heed, give heed and give your sympathy To one who suffers; sorrow roaming wide Impartial stops and stays awhile with me, To tarry later seated close by thee.

For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory.

You'll see all other mortal sinners, the ones who flout the honor owed to gods or guests, or loving parents--you'll see them get the justice they deserve. For Hades holds men mightily to a strict accounting down below the earth; he sees all things, inscribes them within the book of his remembering.