Aeschylus

Bekannte Zitate von Aeschylus

God always strives together with those who strive.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

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.

Excessive fear is always powerless.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

When a match has equal partners then I fear not.

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

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

Death is easier than a wretched life and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin.

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.

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

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

Call no man happy till he is dead.