Aeschylus Quotes

A great ox stands on my tongue.

Αἰόλ᾽ ἀνθρώπων κακά,
πόνου δ᾽ ἴδοις ἂν οὐδαμοῦ ταὐτὸν πτερόν.

It is tempting
For the winner, who might have lost his life,
To take all.
And to destroy whatever cannot be taken.
Let us pray they restrain themselves.

Ὀλβίσαι δὲ χρὴ
βίον τελευτήσαντ' ἐν εὐεστοῖ φίλῃ.

Let there be less suffering . . .
give us the sense to live on what we need.

إن من التقوى مجازاة الجريمة بالجريمة

Nothing that strikes a note of brutal conquest. Only peace -blessings, rising up from the earth and the heaving sea, and down the vaulting sky let the wind-gods breathe a wash of sunlight streaming through the land, and the yield of soil and grazing cattle flood our city's life with power and never flag with time. Make the seed of men live on, the more they worship you the more they thrive. I love them as a gardener loves his plants, these upright men, this breed fought free of grief. All that is yours to give. And I, in the trials of war where fighters burn for fame, will never endure the overthrow of Athens all will praise her, victor city, pride of man. The furies assemble, dancing around Athena, who becomes their leader.

γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ᾽ ἡβῶσαν φύει

Γνώμης δ᾽ ἀπούσης πῆμα γίγνεται μέγα,
βαλοῦσά τ᾽ οἶκον ψῆφος ὤρθωσεν μία.

Ὅρκοις τὰ μὴ δίκαια μὴ νικᾶν λέγω.

Man must suffer to be wise.
Head-winds heavy with past iol
Stray his course and cooud his heart;
Sorrow takes the blind soul's part — Man grows wise against his will.
For powers who rule from thrones above
By ruthlessness commend their love.

Break, heart; flow, tears, for-ever.

Ἐλαφρὸν ὅστις πημάτων ἔξω πόδα
ἔχει παραινεῖν νουθετεῖν τε τοὺς κακῶς
πράσσοντας.

Нехай палючим кидає він полум’ям,
Завіє все снігами білоперими,
Громами хай загрожує підземними, — Нічим мене сказати не присилує,
Кому його належить з трону скинути.

Cry Sorrow, sorrow — yet let good prevail.