Altars Quote by Aeschylus

“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.”

— Aeschylus

May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood.

— Aeschylus

The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.

— Aeschylus

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

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

— Aeschylus

Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.

— Aeschylus

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

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

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

— Aeschylus