Quotes from Aeschylus

Nor does night conceal men's deeds of ill, but whatsoe'er thou dost, think that some God beholds it.

If a man should wanton walk with crime ... he shall find in death no great deliverance.

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.

No man looks with love on deeds that to the high Gods hateful prove.

Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.

Old men are children once again a dream that sways and wavers into the hard light of day.

They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn

Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.

It's a man's jobno place for women's plans here!what lies outside. Stay home and cause no trouble.

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

As long as there are men the bulwark is safe.

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.

Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate.

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.

Dost thou not, then, Prometheus, know this proverb, that "Words are the physicians of a mind diseased"?

The burning gaze of a young woman, such as hath tasted man, shall not escape me; for I have a spirit keen to mark these things.

Overly persuasive a woman's ordinance spreads far, traveling fast; but fast dying a rumor voiced by a woman perishes.

For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice.

Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.

God ever works with those who work with will.

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.

It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.

Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.