Quotes from Aeschylus


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Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.


By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.


For hostile word let hostile word be paid.


Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.


Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.


It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.


There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.


We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.


When a match has equal partners then I fear not.


Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?


If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.


Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.


Time as he grows old teaches all things.


Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?


By Time and Age full many things are taught.


It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.


He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.


Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.


What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.


We shall perish by guile just as we slew.