Aeschylus
An ancient Greek tragedian, often described as the father of tragedy.
Quotes by Aeschylus
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
In war, truth is the first casualty.
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give counsel and to rebuke the sufferer.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
By suffering comes wisdom.
Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
Call no man happy till he is dead.
The best of seers is he who guesses well.
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
For it is a law that when misfortune comes, the first thing to be cut off is hope.
To learn is to suffer. The only way to learn is through suffering.
The one who does the work is the one who will be rewarded.
The future is not in our hands. We must endure what comes.
The gods are just, and by their own decree, make sin the parent of calamity.
He who has never failed to suffer will never fail to be wise.
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
The only way to learn is through suffering.
For the man who has done wrong, the world is a prison.
The truth is always the strongest argument.
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.