AESCHYLUS QUOTES V
Greek dramatist (525 B.C.-456 B.C.)
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For wide, ah! wide is the woe when the foeman has mounted the wall;
There is havoc and terror and flame, and the dark smoke broods over all,
And wild is the war-god's breath, as in frenzy of conquest he springs,
And pollutes with the blast of his lips the glory of holiest things!
AESCHYLUS
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The Seven Against Thebes
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Respect the altar of Justice and do not, looking to profit, dishonor it by spurning with godless foot; for punishment will come upon you.
AESCHYLUS
The Eumenides
Out of respect, a man must veil his words when talking with a woman, but with a man he can frankly say whatever's on his mind.
AESCHYLUS
Libation Bearers
Nought is there in wealth that serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom.
AESCHYLUS
Agamemnon
Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
AESCHYLUS
Prometheus Bound
Jars neither of wine nor of water shall fail in the houses of the rich.
AESCHYLUS
fragment, Kabeiroi
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
AESCHYLUS
Agamemnon
For a single path leads to the house of Hades.
AESCHYLUS
fragment, Telephos
The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.
AESCHYLUS
fragment
Not for laggards doth a contest wait.
AESCHYLUS
fragment, Glaukos Potnieus
Nor does night conceal men's deeds of ill, but whatsoe'er thou dost, think that some God beholds it.
AESCHYLUS
fragment
Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
AESCHYLUS
Agamemnon
Ask the gods nothing excessive.
AESCHYLUS
The Suppliant Women
And all the country echoeth with the moan,
And poureth many a tear
For that magnific power
Of ancient days far-seen that thou didst share
With those of one blood sprung;
And all the mortal men who hold the plain
Of holy Asia as their land of sojourn,
They grieve in sympathy
For thy woes lamentable.
AESCHYLUS
Prometheus Bound
Words are the parents of a causeless wrath.
AESCHYLUS
fragment
Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
AESCHYLUS
Agamemnon
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
AESCHYLUS
fragment
Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil.
AESCHYLUS
fragment, Ixion
God ever works with those that work with will.
AESCHYLUS
fragment
The popular voice has much potency.
AESCHYLUS
Agamemnon