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