Quotes from Aeschylus

I have been schooled by my own suffering: I've learned the many ways of being purged.

Ares ever loves to pluck all the fairest flower of an armed host.

Too credulous a woman's longing flies And spreading swiftly, swiftly dies.

For this our task hath Fate spun without fail to last for ever sure, that we on man weighed down with deeds of hate should follow till the earth his life immure. Nor when he dies can he boast of being truly free.

Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.

For in the voyage of the heart, there is a freight of hatred, and the wind of wrath blows shrill.

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

Old men are always young enough to learn.

For, alone of gods, Death loves not gifts; no, not by sacrifice, nor by libation, canst thou aught avail with him; he hath no altar nor hath he hymn of praise; from him, alone of gods, Persuasion stands aloof.

What house would ask for Vengeance to perch heavy, defiling the rafters like some bird of ill omen?

But thou, like newly-yoked colt, Champing the bit, dost fight against the rein Fiercely; yet futile the device wherein Madly thou trustest; for mere stubbornness Avails the foolish-hearted less than nought.

God ever works with those that work with will.

Chanting aloud in realms below The dead are wroth; Against their slayers yet their ire doth glow.

There is a time when fear is good and ought to remain seated as a guardian of the heart.

Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.

It would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.

Long tarries destiny, but comes to those who pray.

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.

When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will.

Out of respect, a man must veil his words when talking with a woman, but with a man he can frankly say whatever's on his mind.

Nought is there in wealth that serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom.

Not for laggards doth a contest wait.

For a single path leads to the house of Hades.

Still to the sufferer comes, as due from God, a glory that to suffering owes its birth.