469 Quotes by Aeschylus

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

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Neither the life of anarchy nor the life enslaved by tyrants, no, worship neither. Strike the balance all in all and god will give you power.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams

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

I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.

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

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.