Aeschylus

Literature Ancient Greek -525 – -456 84 quotes

An ancient Greek tragedian, often described as the father of tragedy.

Quotes by Aeschylus

Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with one’s luck turned, teaches a student.

Agamemnon -458

Myriad laughter of the ocean waves.

The Persians -472

For the poison of tyranny is the endless fear of retribution.

Agamemnon -458

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Fragments

The man who runs may fight again.

Seven Against Thebes -460

Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.

Agamemnon -458

Bronze is the hardest metal, but iron cuts it.

Fragments

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes of others do not necessarily bring happiness to ourselves.

Agamemnon -458

The seed of justice grows in the soil of injustice.

The Eumenides -458

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

Agamemnon -458

There is no sickness worse than a diseased mind.

Fragments

The unnamable has no name.

Prometheus Bound -460

What is pleasanter than the tie of host and guest?

Agamemnon -458

Ares, the bloody scourge of mortal men.

The Persians -472

Justice, do not let the law be trampled underfoot.

The Eumenides -458

The mind of the wise man is like a garden of flowers.

Fragments

Suffering is the teacher of wisdom.

The Libation Bearers -458

The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.

Agamemnon -458

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

Fragments

Excessive prosperity brings great evils.

Prometheus Bound -460