469 Quotes by Aeschylus

He hears but half who hears one party only.

If a man should wanton walk with crime ... he shall find in death no great deliverance.

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

By suffering comes wisdom.

Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

For this our task hath Fate spun without fail to last for ever sure, that we on man weighed down with deeds of hate should follow till the earth his life immure. Nor when he dies can he boast of being truly free.

Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.

If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.