469 Quotes by Aeschylus

The reward of pain is experience.

Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?

The adulterer dies. An old custom, justice.

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

I warn the marauder dragging plunder, chaotic, rich beyond all rights: he'll strike his sails, harried at long last, stunned when the squalls of torment break his spars to bits.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.