But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
For in the voyage of the heart, there is a freight of hatred, and the wind of wrath blows shrill. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything;… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow: it is for him who has done a deed to suffer. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share
May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night. — Aeschylus Copy Share
In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain. — Aeschylus Copy Share
The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood. — Aeschylus Copy Share
The holy heaven yearns to wound the earth, and yearning layeth hold on the earth to join in wedlock; the rain, fallen from the… — Aeschylus Copy Share
Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals? — Aeschylus Copy Share
God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house. — Aeschylus Copy Share
Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by… — Aeschylus Copy Share
“If libations were proper to pour above the slain, this man deserved, more than deserved, such sacrament. He filled our cup with evil things… — Aeschylus Copy Share
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of… — Aeschylus Copy Share
