Quotes by Aeschylus

"Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy."

"Everyone's quick to blame the alien."

"For know that no one is free, except Zeus."

"Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting."

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

"What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?"

"And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin."

"It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath."

"There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie."

"Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind."

"You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense."

"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."

"I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery."

"From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow."

"What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?"

"It is good even for old men to learn wisdom."

"Of prosperity mortals can never have enough."

"Memory is the mother of all wisdom."

"The words of truth are simple."

"For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends."