Aeschylus Quotes

ESORAIS M’ HOS EKDIKA PASKHO!

Guard well and reverence that form of government
Which will eschew alike licence and slavery;
And from your polity do not wholly banish fear.
For what man living, freed from fear, will still be just?
Hold fast such upright fear of the law’s sanctity

They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn

Know'st thou not well, with thy superior wisdom, that
On a vain tongue punishment is inflicted?

Shameless self-willed infatuation
Emboldens men to dare damnation,
And starts the wheels of doom which roll
Relentless to their piteous goal.

Ἅπας δὲ τραχὺς ὅστις ἂν νέον κρατῇ.

But to speak ill of people at hand who give no cause for blame, is to assume a right far distinct from justice.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Якась безвихідь: не наважусь діяти,
але й на долю, склавши руки, страшно здатися

Conozco las estrellas por memorias, los ejércitos de la noche, y hay en la delantera los que nos traen la nieve o los cultivos de verano, nos traen todo lo que tenemos (...) los conozco cuando se levantan y cuando caen... y ahora veo la luz, la señal del fuego saliendo (...). Por lo tanto, ella ordena, llana de grandes esperanzas.

But when a man
speeds toward his own ruin,
a god gives him help.

Yes, he had the heart to sacrifice his daughter, to bless the war that avenge the loss of a woman.

Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man fortunate.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams

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.