When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Out of respect, a man must veil his words when talking with a woman, but with a man he can frankly say… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
It's a man's jobno place for women's plans here!what lies outside. Stay home and cause no trouble. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
If a man should wanton walk with crime ... he shall find in death no great deliverance. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Old men, what are they? Fast fading the leaf, Three-footed they walk, yet frail as a child, As a dream set afloat… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The burning gaze of a young woman, such as hath tasted man, shall not escape me; for I have a spirit keen… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Old men are children once again a dream that sways and wavers into the hard light of day. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
But who can describe the overweening pride of men? Or women mad with passion, reckless in their hearts, soulmates to every kind… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The so-called mother of the child isn't the child's begetter, but only a sort of nursing soil for the new-sown seed. The… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I pray the gods some respite from the weary task of this long year's watch that lying on the Atreidae's roof on… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
You'll see all other mortal sinners, the ones who flout the honor owed to gods or guests, or loving parents--you'll see them… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
For this our task hath Fate spun without fail to last for ever sure, that we on man weighed down with deeds… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
A man dies not for the many wounds that pierce his breast, unless it be that life's end keep pace with death,… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The man who boldly transgresses, amassing a great heap unjustly--by force, in time, he will strike his sail, when trouble seizes him… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The great and amorous sky curved over the earth, and lay upon her as a pure lover. The rain, the humid flux… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Nor does night conceal men's deeds of ill, but whatsoe'er thou dost, think that some God beholds it. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice. — 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 Image
May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
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 Image
The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
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 Image
Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals? — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
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 Image
