Aeschylus Quotes :
“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
“From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.”
“Memory is the mother of all wisdom.”
“Wisdom comes through suffering.”
“Time as he grows old teaches all things.”
“God loves to help him who strives to help himself.”
“Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.”
“In war, truth is the first casualty.”
“The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.”
“Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.”
“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.”
“For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.”
“Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.”
“Only when man’s life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.”
“To mourn and lament over evils is vain; to shun them is the virtue of a wise man.”
“God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.”
“By polluting clear water with slime, you will never find good drinking water.”
“When a man’s willing and eager, the god’s join in.”
“Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.”
“Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.”
“Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.”
“In the lack of judgment, great harm arises.”
“It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.”
“For the imprudent, wisdom is only a burden.”
“A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.”
“It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.”
“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”
“I pray the gods will give me some relief and end this weary job. One long weary job.”
“The man who does ill must suffer ill.”
“Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.”
“For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.”
“It is always in season for old men to learn.”
“In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.”
“For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.”
“There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.”
“To be free from evil thoughts is God’s best gift.”
“For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.”
“Call no man happy till he is dead.”
“For know that no one is free, except Zeus.”
“Words are the wine of the heart.”
“Men in exile feed on hopes.”
“By suffering comes wisdom.”
“I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.”
“It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.”
“For a house that is empty of greed and corruption is full of the blessings of the gods.”
“In visions of the night, like dropping rain, descend the many memories of pain.”
“Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.”
“The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.”
“Fear is stronger than arms.”
“For there is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire.”