Aeschylus Quotes

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

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.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

To learn is to be young, however old.

The truth Has to be melted out of our stubborn lives By suffering. Nothing speaks the truth, Nothing tells us how things really are, Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain. And this is how the gods declare their love.

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

If you will take me as your teacher, you will not kick against the pricks.

When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?

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.

Time brings all things to pass.

The reward of pain is experience.

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

Simple is the speech of truth.

Yet though a man gets many wounds in breast, He dieth not, unless the appointed time, The limit of his life's span, coincide; Nor does the man who by the hearth at home Sits still, escape the doom that Fate decrees.

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

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

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

Only through suffering do we learn

The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.

Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.

For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?

When we sleep the soul is lit up... by many eyes, and with them, we can see everything that we cannot see in the daytime.