Aeschylus

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

— Aeschylus

“Words are doctors for the diseased temper.”

— Aeschylus

Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind.

— Aeschylus

He hears but half who hears one party only.

— Aeschylus

When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will.

— Aeschylus

From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

— Aeschylus

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

— Aeschylus

For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.

— Aeschylus

When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it…

— Aeschylus

The moving light, rejoicing in its strength, Sped from the pyre of pine, and urged its way, In golden glory, like some…

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

“And there they ring the walls, the young, the lithe. The handsome hold the graves they won in Troy; the enemy earth…

— Aeschylus

Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped

— Aeschylus

“She looked just like a painting dying to speak.”

— Aeschylus

For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days.

— Aeschylus

When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

— Aeschylus

For a single path leads to the house of Hades.

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

“When one is wise, it's wisest to seem foolish.”

— Aeschylus

“to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.”

— Aeschylus

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

— Aeschylus

To give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

The will was of Zeus, the hand of Hephaestus.

— Aeschylus

Fortune is for all, judgment is theirs who have won it for themselves.

— Aeschylus

As long as there are men the bulwark is safe.

— Aeschylus

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

— Aeschylus

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.

— Aeschylus

Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

Misfortune wandering the same track lights now upon one and now upon another.

— Aeschylus