AESCHYLUS QUOTES V

Greek dramatist (525 B.C.-456 B.C.)

Aeschylus quote

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For a single path leads to the house of Hades.

AESCHYLUS
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fragment, Telephos


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Tags: death


For wide, ah! wide is the woe when the foeman has mounted the wall;
There is havoc and terror and flame, and the dark smoke broods over all,
And wild is the war-god's breath, as in frenzy of conquest he springs,
And pollutes with the blast of his lips the glory of holiest things!

AESCHYLUS

The Seven Against Thebes

Tags: war


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

AESCHYLUS

Agamemnon

Tags: hope


Jars neither of wine nor of water shall fail in the houses of the rich.

AESCHYLUS

fragment, Kabeiroi

Tags: wealth


Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

AESCHYLUS

Prometheus Bound

Tags: memory, wisdom


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.

AESCHYLUS

Libation Bearers


Respect the altar of Justice and do not, looking to profit, dishonor it by spurning with godless foot; for punishment will come upon you.

AESCHYLUS

The Eumenides

Tags: justice


Ask the gods nothing excessive.

AESCHYLUS

The Suppliant Women

Tags: prayer, God


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

AESCHYLUS

Agamemnon

Tags: joy


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

AESCHYLUS

fragment

Tags: night, sin


Not for laggards doth a contest wait.

AESCHYLUS

fragment, Glaukos Potnieus


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

AESCHYLUS

Agamemnon

Tags: wealth, destiny


The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.

AESCHYLUS

fragment


And all the country echoeth with the moan,
And poureth many a tear
For that magnific power
Of ancient days far-seen that thou didst share
With those of one blood sprung;
And all the mortal men who hold the plain
Of holy Asia as their land of sojourn,
They grieve in sympathy
For thy woes lamentable.

AESCHYLUS

Prometheus Bound


Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil.

AESCHYLUS

fragment, Ixion

Tags: death, work


God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

AESCHYLUS

fragment

Tags: God


Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.

AESCHYLUS

Agamemnon

Tags: learning


Words are the parents of a causeless wrath.

AESCHYLUS

fragment

Tags: words


God ever works with those that work with will.

AESCHYLUS

fragment


The popular voice has much potency.

AESCHYLUS

Agamemnon

Tags: popularity