Quotes by Aeschylus
80 quotes by Aeschylus
Aeschylus - greek poet dramatist
Also called: Aischylos.
Life period: 525 BC - 456 BC
Origin country: Greece
Biography: Aeschylus is one of the most important playwrights of ancient Greece and is known as one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, along with Euripides and Sophocles. He is believed to have been born around 525 BC. in the city of Eleusis, and...
You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.
AQuote by Aeschylus about people, common sense, sense, contentment
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
AQuote by Aeschylus about opinion, guilt, home, house, god
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.
AQuote by Aeschylus about life, painting, man
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.
AQuote by Aeschylus about wisdom, grace, despair, sleep, pain, heart, god
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
AQuote by Aeschylus about philosophy, happiness
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
AQuote by Aeschylus about philosophy, water, drinking, good, good luck, contentment
By Time and Age full many things are taught.
AQuote by Aeschylus about wisdom, age, olderness, things, time
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
AQuote by Aeschylus about death, life
Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
AQuote by Aeschylus about philosophy, destiny, man
Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
AQuote by Aeschylus about wisdom, word, contentment
For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.
AQuote by Aeschylus about philosophy
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
AQuote by Aeschylus about justice, excess, wealth, man
