Aeschylus Quotes

Dangerous is a people's voice charged with wrath.

Ἀλλ' ἐκδιδάσκει πάνθ' ὁ γηράσκων χρόνος.

I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death

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

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

I hold my own mind and think apart from other men.

We call on the gods, and the gods well know
what storms torment us, sailors whirled to nothing.
But if we are to live and reach the haven,
one small seed could grow a mighty tree -

Оцей бо злочин я тепер покутую,
В кайданах лютих просто неба висячи.

You are dreaming, children,
dreams dearer than gold, more blest
than the Blest beyond the North Wind's raging.
Dreams are easy, oh,
but the double lash is striking home.

Every medicine is vain.

Es la dolencia de la tiranía el no confiar ni en los amigos.

No man can go through life
and reach the end unharmed.
Aye, trouble is now,
and trouble still to come.

Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!

Quickly, with rapid steps, too credulous,
The limit which a woman sets to trust
Advances evermore; And with swift doom of death
A rumour spread by woman perishes.