Top 280 Aeschylus Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.”

— Aeschylus

102. “Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.”

— Aeschylus

103. “Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.”

— Aeschylus

104. “From a just fraud God turneth not away.”

— Aeschylus

105. “For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys all things.”

— Aeschylus

106. “You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.”

— Aeschylus

107. “The unenvied man is not enviable.”

— Aeschylus

108. “The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.”

— Aeschylus

109. “Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight.”

— Aeschylus

110. “May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.”

— Aeschylus

111. “Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.”

— Aeschylus

112. “A tyrant’s trust dishonors those who earn it.”

— Aeschylus

113. “Respect the altar of Justice and do not, looking to profit, dishonor it by spurning with godless foot; for punishment will come upon you.”

— Aeschylus

114. “For the mighty, even to give away is grace.”

— Aeschylus

115. “In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.”

— Aeschylus

116. “Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word – every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.”

— Aeschylus

117. “Delay not to seize the hour!”

— Aeschylus

118. “I will speak in defense of reason: for the very child of vanity is violence.”

— Aeschylus

119. “Sweet is a grief well ended.”

— Aeschylus

120. “Wiles and deceit are female qualities.”

— Aeschylus

121. “The power that holds the sky’s majesty wins our worship.”

— Aeschylus

122. “Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark ’gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom.”

— Aeschylus

123. “On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar.”

— Aeschylus

124. “It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.”

— Aeschylus

125. “We shall perish by guile just as we slew.”

— Aeschylus

126. “Old age hath stronger sense of right than youth.”

— Aeschylus

127. “Remember to be submissive, thou art analien, a fugitive, and in need.”

— Aeschylus

128. “Base men who prosper are unenviable.”

— Aeschylus

129. “For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another’s happiness.”

— Aeschylus

130. “Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another’s might.”

— Aeschylus

131. “You’ll see all other mortal sinners, the ones who flout the honor owed to gods or guests, or loving parents – you’ll see them get the justice they deserve. For Hades holds men mightily to a strict accounting down below the earth; he sees all things, inscribes them within the book of his remembering.”

— Aeschylus

132. “Be it mine to draw from wisdom’s fount, pure as it flows, that calm of soul which virtue only knows.”

— Aeschylus

133. “Simple is the speech of truth.”

— Aeschylus

134. “From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.”

— Aeschylus

135. “We should know what is true before we break our rage.”

— Aeschylus

136. “It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.”

— Aeschylus

137. “Time in its aging course teaches all things.”

— Aeschylus

138. “Only when man’s life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man fortunate.”

— Aeschylus

139. “By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.”

— Aeschylus

140. “Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.”

— Aeschylus

141. “The people’s awe and innate fear will hold injustice back by day, by night, so long as the people leave the laws intact, just as they are: muddy the cleanest spring, and all you’ll have to drink is muddy water.”

— Aeschylus

142. “Wisdom cometh by suffering.”

— Aeschylus

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

— Aeschylus

144. “Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.”

— Aeschylus

145. “His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.”

— Aeschylus

146. “Obedience, you know, is Good Luck’s mother, wedded to Salvation, they say.”

— Aeschylus

147. “The sleeping brain has eyes that give us light; we can never see our destiny by day.”

— Aeschylus

148. “Success! to thee, as to a God, men bend the knee.”

— Aeschylus

149. “Know not to revere human things too much.”

— Aeschylus

150. “Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.”

— Aeschylus