Aeschylus
113 quotes
Biography
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian, often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays.
"Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety."
"God loves to help him who strives to help himself."
"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times."
"Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods."
"There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie."
"I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope."
"Wisdom comes alone through suffering."
"From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow."
"Ὤμοι, κακὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀγγέλλειν κακά."
"Ἀνδρῶν γὰρ ὄντων ἕρκος ἐστὶν ἀσφαλές."
"Ἀλλ᾽, ὅταν σπεύδῃ τις αὐτός, χὠ θεὸς συνάπτεται."
"Ἅπας δὲ τραχὺς ὅστις ἂν νέον κρατῇ."
"Ἐλεύθερος γὰρ οὔτις ἐστὶ πλὴν Διός."
"ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι"
"Κέρδιστον εὖ φρονοῦντα μὴ φρονεῖν δοκεῖν."
"Μνήμην ἁπάντων, μουσομήτορ' ἐργάνην."
"βούλευμα μὲν τὸ Δῖον, Ἡφαίστου δὲ χείρ."
"κρεῖσσον γὰρ εἰσάπαξ θανεῖν ἢ τὰς ἁπάσας ἡμέρας πάσχειν κακῶς."
"Τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθ' ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ."
"Ἀλλ' ἐκδιδάσκει πάνθ' ὁ γηράσκων χρόνος."
"Ἀψυχίᾳ γὰρ γλῶσσαν ἁρπάζει φόβος."
"Καὶ τῷδε κέρδει κέρδος ἄλλο τίκτεται."
"Ἀνὴρ ἄκομπος, χεὶρ δ᾽ ὁρᾷ τὸ δράσιμον."
"Oὐ γὰρ δοκεῖν ἄριστος, ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι θέλει"
"ἐν παντὶ πράγει δ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὁμιλίας κακῆς κάκιον οὐδέν"