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