Poet · Greek · 103 quotes
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
Aeschylus
Poet · Greek
What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
God always strives together with those who strive.
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
When a match has equal partners then I fear not.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.
Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.
It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.
For hostile word let hostile word be paid.
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
Time as he grows old teaches all things.
Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
But time growing old teaches all things.
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.
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.
I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.
Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.
For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
The words of truth are simple.
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
We shall perish by guile just as we slew.
Know not to revere human things too much.
Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
The man who does ill must suffer ill.
Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
Death is softer by far than tyranny.
My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.
Excessive fear is always powerless.
The wisest of the wise may err.
Time brings all things to pass.
Everyone's quick to blame the alien.
