Quotes from Aeschylus

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 the same fate will always blow fair.

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

The words of truth are simple.

The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.

God's mouth knows not how to speak falsehood, but he brings to pass every word.

Bronze is the mirror of the form wine, of the heart.

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

Exiles feed on hope.

For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.

Justice, voiceless, unseen, seeth thee when thou sleepest and when thou goest forth and when thou liest down. Continually doth she attend thee, now aslant thy course, now at a later time.

O Death the Healer, scorn thou not, I pray, To come to me: of cureless ills thou art The one physician. Pain lays not its touch Upon a corpse.

Of all the Gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of Heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.

The future you shall know when it has come before then forget it.

The memory of pain falls drop by drop upon our heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

The wisest of the wise may err.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.

There is adantage in the wisdom won from pain

Time as he grows old teaches many lessons.

When a man's willing and eager, the gods join in.

Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.

My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.