Aeschylus Quotes
O Death the Healer, scorn thou not, I pray,
To come to me; of cureless ills thou art
The one physician. Pain lays not its touch
Upon a corpse.
Aeschylus
Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
Aeschylus (The Oresteia - Agamemnon, 458 BCE)
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
Aeschylus
Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
Aeschylus
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
Aeschylus
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
Aeschylus
When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground before his feet, who then can sing spells to call it back again?
Aeschylus
The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
Aeschylus
It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.
Aeschylus
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
Aeschylus
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
Aeschylus
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
Call no man happy till he is dead.
Variant: Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.
Aeschylus (The Oresteia - Agamemnon, 458 BCE)
Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.
Aeschylus (The Oresteia - Libation Bearers, 458 BCE)
To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.
Aeschylus
Words are the physicians of the mind diseased.
Aeschylus
(Prometheus Bound)
