Explore Quotes by Aeschylus

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

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

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.

Time, waxing old, doth all things purify.

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

The words of truth are simple.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.