469 Quotes by Aeschylus

A man dies not for the many wounds that pierce his breast, unless it be that life's end keep pace with death, nor by sitting on his hearth at home doth he the more escape his appointed doom.

Be it mine to draw from wisdom's fount, pure as it flows, that calm of soul which virtue only knows.

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

For a single path leads to the house of Hades.

The laws of a state change with the changing times.

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow: it is for him who has done a deed to suffer.

Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood.

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.