“But when a man speeds toward his own ruin, a god gives him help.”

— Aeschylus, The Persians, line 742 (tr. Janet Lembke and C. J. Herington)

About Aeschylus

525 BC – 456 BC

Ancient Greek tragedian, author of "Prometheus Bound" and the "Oresteia".

“Time waxing old can many a lesson teach.”

“The walls of Athens are impregnable, Their firmest bulwarks her heroic sons.”

“Arrogance in full bloom bears a crop of ruinous folly from which it reaps a harvest all of tears.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”