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Let me attain no envied wealth, let me not plunder cities, neither be taken in turn, and face life in the power of another. — Aeschylus

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends. — Aeschylus

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard. — Aeschylus

When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along. — Aeschylus

From a just fraud God turneth not away. — Aeschylus

Wiles and deceit are female qualities. — Aeschylus

Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears. — Aeschylus

The force of necessity is irresistible. — Aeschylus

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy. — Aeschylus

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety. — Aeschylus

He who learns must suffer. — Aeschylus

Everyone's quick to blame the alien. — Aeschylus

I know how men in exile feed on dreams — Aeschylus

I have suffered into truth (...) Time refines all things that age with time — Aeschylus

Once to die is better than length of days in sorrow without end. — Aeschylus

She looked just like a painting dying to speak. — Aeschylus

In war, truth is the first casualty. — Aeschylus

A people's wrath voiced abroad bringeth grave Danger, no less than public curse pronounced. — Aeschylus

This is the law: blood spilt upon the ground cries out for more. — Aeschylus

In war, the first casualty is truth. — Aeschylus

For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days. — Aeschylus

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. — Aeschylus

For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life. — Aeschylus

Success! to thee, as to a God, men bend the knee. — Aeschylus

This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends. — Aeschylus

Success is man's god. — Aeschylus

By Time and Age full many things are taught. — Aeschylus

Know not to revere human things too much. — Aeschylus

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune. — Aeschylus

Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. — Aeschylus

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough. — Aeschylus

What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors. — Aeschylus

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone. — Aeschylus

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. — Aeschylus

The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise. — Aeschylus

But time growing old teaches all things. — Aeschylus

Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god. — Aeschylus

For obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom. — Aeschylus

Death is softer by far than tyranny. — Aeschylus

Time cleanses what it touches over time. — Aeschylus

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock. — Aeschylus

In the sinews of the dead there is no blood. — Aeschylus

If you are not envied, you are not enviable. — Aeschylus

Words are the parents of a causeless wrath. — Aeschylus

The will was of Zeus, the hand of Hephaestus. — Aeschylus

But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity. — Aeschylus

Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind. — Aeschylus

The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood. — Aeschylus

I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery. — Aeschylus

Honor modesty more than your life. — Aeschylus

Oaths are not the credit of men but men of oaths. — Aeschylus

Every medicine is vain. — Aeschylus

Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest. — Aeschylus

But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow. — Aeschylus

Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray. — Aeschylus

Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage. — Aeschylus

High fortune, this in man's eye is god and more than god is this. — Aeschylus

The sleeping brain has eyes that give us light; we can never see our destiny by day. — Aeschylus

Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right. — Aeschylus

The field of doom bears death as its harvest. — Aeschylus

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest? — Aeschylus

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence. — Aeschylus

For a single path leads to the house of Hades. — Aeschylus

In war the first casualty is the truth. — Aeschylus

It's a man's jobno place for women's plans here!what lies outside. Stay home and cause no trouble. — Aeschylus

Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills. — Aeschylus

The reward of pain is experience. — Aeschylus

I will speak in defense of reason: for the very child of vanity is violence. — Aeschylus

There is a limit to the best of health, disease is always a near neighbor. — Aeschylus

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

To many mortals silence great gain brings. — Aeschylus

I would join Sisyphus in Hades and gladly push my boulder up the slope if only, each time it rolled back down, I were given a line of Aeschylus. — Tom Stoppard

CLYTEMNESTRA
What ails thee, raising this ado for us?
SLAVE
I say the dead are come to slay the living. — Aeschylus

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. — Aeschylus

On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar. — Aeschylus

Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality. — Aeschylus

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. — Aeschylus

My heart's a dance of fear. — Aeschylus

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house. — Aeschylus

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. — Aeschylus

To learn is to be young, however old. — Aeschylus

To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals. — Aeschylus

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

Misfortune wandering the same track lights now upon one and now upon another. — Aeschylus

Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain? — Aeschylus

When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it back again? — Aeschylus

Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger. — Aeschylus

Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all. — Pericles

Rumours voiced by women come to nothing. — Aeschylus

God always strives together with those who strive. — Aeschylus

Even the old should learn. — Aeschylus

You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet. — Aeschylus

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity. — Aeschylus

The man who does ill must suffer ill. — Aeschylus

They who prosper take on airs of vanity. — Aeschylus

Ill is the very word to speak, for none Can ransom or atone For blood once shed and darkening the plain. — Aeschylus

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents. — Aeschylus

Words are healers of the sick tempered. — Aeschylus

Truly even he errs that is wiser than the wise. — Aeschylus

A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves. — Aeschylus