Occupation: Dramatist Birth: 525 Bc Death: 456 Bc
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house..
For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys all things..
The man whose authority is recent is always stern..
It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man..
On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged..
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause..
It is always the season for the old to learn..
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals..
Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy..
But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up..
But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow..
I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget..
Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart..
This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends..
To make wail and lament for one's ill fortune, when one will win a tear from the audience, is well worthwhile..
The unenvied man is not enviable..
Necessity is stronger far than art..
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….
Excessive fear is always powerless..
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise..
From a just fraud God turneth not away..