Aeschylus

Aeschylus

44 quotes

As a 5th century BC Athenian Greek tragedian, Aeschylus brought a distinctive perspective that shines through in every quotation. Aeschylus's observations on God are as sharp as their thoughts on Wisdom, revealing genuine breadth of mind. Browse 49 quotes by Aeschylus that cover ground from God, Wisdom, Death, Happiness, and Fear. As Aeschylus put it: "God always strives together with those who strive."

“God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.”

— Aeschylus

God

All Quotes by Aeschylus

“Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.”

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Learning

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

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Death

“And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin.”

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Happiness

“When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?”

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Strength

“It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.”

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Best

“What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?”

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Newyears

“Death is easier than a wretched life and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.”

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Death

“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”

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Men

“Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.”

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God

“Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.”

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Happiness

“For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.”

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Trust

“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.”

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Education

“But time growing old teaches all things.”

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Time

“He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.”

— Aeschylus

God

“God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.”

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God

“For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.”

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Happiness

“God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.”

— Aeschylus

God

“Wisdom comes alone through suffering.”

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Alone

“Memory is the mother of all wisdom.”

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Wisdom

“There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.”

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Fear