Quotes by Aeschylus, page 3
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...
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
Quote by Aeschylus about opinion, prosperity, advice
It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.
Quote by Aeschylus about wisdom, old, olderness, man, good, good luck
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Quote by Aeschylus about friendship, envy, character, man
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
Quote by Aeschylus about faith, oath, man
Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.
Quote by Aeschylus about justice, suffering
Know not to revere human things too much.
Quote by Aeschylus about people, human imperfections, things
Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
Quote by Aeschylus about marriage, woman, nature, rightness, love, man
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
Quote by Aeschylus about succes, safety, mother
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
Quote by Aeschylus about philosophy, moral, proudness, self-control, faith, good, good luck
Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
Quote by Aeschylus about people, self-control, things, man
The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.
Quote by Aeschylus about bad, problems
The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
Quote by Aeschylus about wisdom, things, man
