Quotes by "Aeschylus"

Who except the gods can live without any pain?

Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

Delay not to seize the hour!

To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a helping hand.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

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

Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain

Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.

Even so is the Libyan fable famed abroad: the eagle, pierced by the bow-sped shaft, looked at the feathered device, and said, “Thus, not by others, but by means of our own plumage, are we slain.

In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain

Oh, the torment bred in the race, the grinding scream of death and the stroke that hits the vein, the hemorrhage none can staunch, the grief, the curse no man can bear. But there is a cure in the house, and not outside it, no, not from others but from them, their bloody strife. We sing to you, dark gods beneath the earth. Now hear, you blissful powers underground -- answer the call, send help. Bless the children, give them triumph now.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.

Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.