Aeschylus Quotes - Page 12

Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind.

The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.

For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.

For in pure maidens, knowing not the marriage-bed, the glance of the eyes sinks from shame.

For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys all things.

But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.

Black smoke, the flickering sister of fire.

This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends.

But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.

As long as there are men the bulwark is safe.

There is a limit to the best of health, disease is always a near neighbor.

Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.

Suffering brings experience.

For know that no one is free, except Zeus.

Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.

Still to the sufferer comes, as due from God, a glory that to suffering owes its birth.

For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow: it is for him who has done a deed to suffer.

Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills.

The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.

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

The unenvied man is not enviable.

Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.

Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight.

God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house.