469 Quotes by Aeschylus

I take my cue from deeds, not words.

We should know what is true before we break our rage.

In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend’s prosperity without begrudging him.

No bribes. Nothing that passes under the roof of a temple Or under the roof of the mouth, can appease heaven’s anger Or deflect its aim.

No mortal can complete his life unharmed and unpunished throughout – ah ah! Some troubles are here now, some will come later.” Chorus, Aeschylus’ “Eumenides” from the Oresteia.

Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark ’gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom.

Let me attain no envied wealth, let me not plunder cities, neither be taken in turn, and face life in the power of another.

But when the dust has drunk the blood of men, no resurrection comes for one who’s dead.

The people’s awe and innate fear will hold injustice back by day, by night, so long as the people leave the laws intact, just as they are: muddy the cleanest spring, and all you’ll have to drink is muddy water.