Aeschylus quotes - page 9

Since to open out
And mourn out grief, where it is possible
To draw a tear from the audience, is a work
That pays its own price well. (Aeschylus)

For Hades, ruler of the nether sphere, Exactest auditor of human kind, Graved on the tablet of his mind Doth every trespass read.

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Praise not, O man, the life beyond control, Nor that which bows unto a tyrant's sway. Know that the middle way Is dearest unto God, and they, thereon who wend, They shall achieve the end.

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But ancient Arrogance, or soon or late, When strikes the hour ordained by Fate, Breedeth new Arrogance, which still Revels, wild wantoner in human ill.

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Ah state of mortal man! in time of weal, A line, a shadow! and if ill fate fall, One wet sponge-sweep wipes all our trace away.

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Sole cure of wrong is silence.

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The default Of one vote only bringeth ruin deep, One, cast aright, may stablish house and home.

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Thou are a better counsellor to others Than to thyself: I judge by deeds not words.

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I hold my own mind and think apart from other men.

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True, but the strength of god is mightier still, And oft, in direst strait, It lifteth from the lowest depths of ill Him who, with cloud-veiled eyes, was desperate.

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He has the wisdom of an old man, but his body is at its prime. (Aeschylus)

Zeus, who guided mortals to be wise, has established his fixed law- wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, so men against their will learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods seated on their solemn thrones- such grace is harsh and violent.

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Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

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He or silence keeps or speaks in season.

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Like a young horse Who bites against the new bit in his teeth, And tugs and struggles against the new-tried rein.

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For stubborness, if one be in the wrong, Is in itself weaker than naught at all.

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Prolific truly is the impious deed; Like to the evil stock, the evil seed.

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The walls of Athens are impregnable, Their firmest bulwarks her heroic sons.

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Obedience mother is of good success, Sure pledge of safety.

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Since it most profits that the truly wise Should seem not wise at all.

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Bitter, being first to tell you bitter news. (Aeschylus)

True marriage is the union that mates Equal with equal.

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To me, no blazon on a foeman's shield Shall e'er present a fear! such pointed threats Are powerless to wound; his plumes and bells, Without a spear, are snakes without a sting.

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When we know clearly, then should we discuss: To guess is one thing, and to know another.

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Be boastful and be bold, like cock beside his partner.

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Aeschylus

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Photo: Tilemachos Efthimiadis, CC BY-SA 2.0

Occupation: Greek Poet
Born: 525 BC
Died: 456 BC
Quotes count: 233
Wikipedia: Aeschylus

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