Aeschylus Quotes

His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.

Cry Sorrow, sorrow — yet let good prevail.

When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.

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

It's not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath

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

Μέγας γὰρ Ἅιδης ἐστὶν εὔθυνος βροτῶν
ἔνερθε χθονός,
δελτογράφῳ δὲ πάντ᾽ ἐπωπᾷ φρενί.

I think the slain care little if they sleep or rise again.

Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.

For where might and justice are yoke-fellows—
What pair is stronger than this?

Πάλαι τὸ σιγᾶν φάρμακον βλάβης ἔχω.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.

God's mouth knows not how to speak falsehood, but he brings to pass every word.

For many men value appearances more than reality — thus they violate what’s right. Everyone’s prepared to sigh over some suffering man, though no sorrow really eats their hearts, or they can pretend to join another person’s happiness forcing their faces into smiling masks. But a good man discerns true character — he’s not fooled by eyes feigning loyalty, favouring him with watered-down respect.