Aeschylus Quotes
525 BC – 456 BC
Ancient Greek tragedian, author of "Prometheus Bound" and the "Oresteia".
21 quotesAbout Aeschylus on Wikipedia
“The walls of Athens are impregnable, Their firmest bulwarks her heroic sons.”
“But when a man speeds toward his own ruin, a god gives him help.”
“Arrogance in full bloom bears a crop of ruinous folly from which it reaps a harvest all of tears.”
“Mankind's troubles flicker about, and you'll nowhere see misery fly on the same wings.”
“Thou are a better counsellor to others Than to thyself:—I judge by deeds not words.”
“If I grieve, I do not therefore wish to multiply The griefs of others.”
“For stubborness, if one be in the wrong, Is in itself weaker than naught at all.”
“In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship”
“He has the wisdom of an old man, but his body is at its prime”
“I, of set will, speak words the wise may learn, To others, nought remember nor discern.”
“Justice turns the scale For those to whom through pain At last comes wisdom's gain.”
“Prolific truly is the impious deed; Like to the evil stock, the evil seed.”
