469 Quotes by Aeschylus

Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil.

Success! to thee, as to a God, men bend the knee.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

The truth Has to be melted out of our stubborn lives By suffering. Nothing speaks the truth, Nothing tells us how things really are, Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain. And this is how the gods declare their love.

It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.

Nor does night conceal men's deeds of ill, but whatsoe'er thou dost, think that some God beholds it.

When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.

There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.