Aeschylus Quotes

Hungry Wailing Standeth Not Aloof.

The Unenvied Man Is Not Enviable.

When A Man's Willing And Eager The God's Join In.

Alas, Poor Men, Their Destiny. When All Goes Well A Shadow Will Overthrow It. If It Be Unkind One Stroke Of A Wet Sponge Wipes All The Picture Out.

Making It A Valid Law To Learn By Suffering.

Unjustly Men Hate Death, Which Is The Greatest Defence Against Their Many Ills.

God Planteth In Mortal Men The Cause Of Sin Whensoever He Wills Utterly To Destroy A House.

From A Just Fraud God Turneth Not Away.

For The Lips Of Zeus Do Not Know How To Lie, But Bring To Fulfilment Every Word.

Chorus: Zeus, Who Guided Men To Think Who Laid It Down That Wisdom Comes Alone Through Suffering. Still There Drips In Sleep Against The Heart Grief Of Memory; Against Our Pleasure We Are Temperate.

The Gods At Will Can Shape A Gladder Strain, And From The Lamentations At The Graveside, A Song Of Triumph May Arise.

Fortune Is For All, Judgment Is Theirs Who Have Won It For Themselves.