Aeschylus

Literature Ancient Greek -525 – -456 84 quotes

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

Quotes by Aeschylus

The tongue of a wise man is in his heart.

Fragments

He who learns must suffer.

Agamemnon -458

The best savior of all is a good counselor.

The Libation Bearers -458

Fate rules over all.

Prometheus Bound -460

A woman's counsel is not worth much.

Agamemnon -458

The light of the sun is the same everywhere.

Fragments

Reverence for parents and for the gods is the first step to virtue.

The Eumenides -458

The one who acts wisely is the one who learns from experience.

Fragments

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

Agamemnon -460

The path to wisdom is paved with suffering.

The Libation Bearers -458

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Fragments

The reward of suffering is experience.

Agamemnon -458

In every tyrant's heart there is a tyrant born.

The Eumenides -458

The wise man knows that the gods are the cause of all things.

Prometheus Bound -460

Hunger is a tyrant.

Fragments

The deeds of the guilty come back to haunt them.

The Libation Bearers -458

Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.

The Persians -472

A curse is like a stone thrown into water; it creates ripples that affect all.

Agamemnon -458

The eye of heaven watches all.

Fragments

Justice will overtake the guilty in time.

The Eumenides -458