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.

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

Yet again, isn’t there something terrible in randomness – the idea that at the very bottom of its calculations, real depravity has no master plan of any kind, it’s just a dreamy whim that slides out of people when they are trapped or bored or too lazy to analyze their own mania.

The seed of mortals broods o’er passing things, and hath nought surer than the smoke-cloud’s shadow.

Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.

A tyrant’s trust dishonors those who earn it.

A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.

Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.