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