Quotations From AESCHYLUS

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• 1.

  Relentless persuasion overbears him, irresistible child of forecounseling destruction.

  Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. Agamemnon, l. 385.
  
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• 2.

  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.

  Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. Agamemnon, l. 834.
  
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• 3.

  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 (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. Agamemnon, l. 381.
  
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• 4.

  For he does not wish to seem but to be just.

  Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. The Seven Against Thebes, l. 592.
• 5.

  Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

  Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. Agamemnon, l. 1327.
• 6.

  The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.

  Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. The Suppliants, l. 327.
• 7.

  When a tongue fails to send forth appropriate shafts, there might be a word to act as healer of these.

  Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. The Suppliants, l. 446.
• 8.

  Ares, gold-changer of bodies.

  Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. Agamemnon, l. 438.
• 9.

  Bonds and the pangs of hunger are excellent prophet doctors for the wits.

  Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. Agamemnon, l. 1621.
• 10.

  The field of doom bears death as its harvest.

  Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek tragedian. The Seven Against Thebes, l. 601.
  
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