Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
—Aeschylus
Topics: One liners, Wine
His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
—Aeschylus
The sea is there—and who shall quench it?—nurturing the juices which yield much purple worth its weight in silver, wholly renewable, the dye of vestments; there is a remedy for these here with the gods’ help, my lord, from our reserve: the house does not know how to be poor.
—Aeschylus
Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Past
To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a helping hand.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Prayer
Delay not to seize the hour.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Inaction, Getting Going, Procrastination
Who except the gods can live without any pain?
—Aeschylus
Topics: Acceptance
It is always in season for old men to learn.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Learning
Bronze is a mirror of the face, wine of the mind.
—Aeschylus
When one is willing and eager, the Gods join in.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Will, Will Power, Willpower
Let war stay abroad; it makes no difficulty in coming, for the man who will have in him a strong desire for glory. I disapprove of a bird’s battling in its own home.
—Aeschylus
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
—Aeschylus
Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Success, Envy
Excessive fear is always powerless.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Fear
Fortune is for all; judgment is theirs who have won it for themselves.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Fortune
Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Suffering
The wisest of the wise may err.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Mistakes, Wisdom
God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Trying, Helping
Justice shines in smoky cottages, and honors the pious. Leaving with averted eyes the gorgeous glare obtained by polluted hands, she is wont to draw nigh to holiness, not reverencing wealth when falsely stamped with praise, and assigning to each deed its righteous doom.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Justice
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Grief, Pain
I count false words the foulest plague of all.
—Aeschylus
Words are healers of the sick tempered.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Words
Words are the physicians of a mind diseased
—Aeschylus
Topics: Words
Time as he grows old teaches many lessons.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Time Management
Everyone’s quick to blame the alien.
—Aeschylus
A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.
—Aeschylus
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.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Defense
When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Will Power, Willpower, Will
The reward of suffering is experience.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Adversity, Experience
Time brings all things to pass.
—Aeschylus
Topics: Patience, Resilience
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