Aeschylus Quotes - Page 7

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

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

For mortal kind taketh thought only for the day, and hath no more surety than the shadow of smoke.

Wisdom cometh by suffering.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

The best by far is to marry in one's own rank.

Myriad laughter of the ocean waves.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up.

But let the good prevail.

Old age hath stronger sense of right than youth.

The holy heaven yearns to wound the earth, and yearning layeth hold on the earth to join in wedlock; the rain, fallen from the amorous heaven, impregnates the earth, and it bringeth forth for mankind the food of flocks and herds and Demeter's gifts; and from that moist marriage-rite the woods put on their bloom.

God's mouth knows not how to speak falsehood, but he brings to pass every word.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

Words are the parents of a causeless wrath.

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

It is through suffering that learning comes.

Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

Oaths are not the credit of men but men of oaths.

And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.

When a tongue fails to send forth appropriate shafts, there might be a word to act as healer of these.

The reward of suffering is experience

Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.

No bribes. Nothing that passes under the roof of a temple Or under the roof of the mouth, can appease heaven's anger Or deflect its aim.