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."

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“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.”

— Aeschylus

Happiness

All Quotes by Aeschylus

“Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.”

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Nature

“Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.”

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Success

“Time brings all things to pass.”

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Time

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

— Aeschylus

Newyears

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

— Aeschylus

Happiness

“God always strives together with those who strive.”

— Aeschylus

God

“I know how men in exile feed on dreams.”

— Aeschylus

Dreams

“It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.”

— Aeschylus

Wisdom

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

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Men

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

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Education

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

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Trust

“Death is softer by far than tyranny.”

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Death

“The words of truth are simple.”

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Truth

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

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God

“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.”

— Aeschylus

Great

“To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.”

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Best

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

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Death

“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

“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.”

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Great