469 Quotes by Aeschylus

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.

Art is far feebler than necessity.

Obedience, you know, is Good Luck's mother, wedded to Salvation, they say.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

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

On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar.

It is through suffering that learning comes.

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.