| 43 Famous Quotes by Aeschylus
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“Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety”
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“It is always in season for old men to learn.”
Learning Quotes Source: Agamemnon
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“Call no man happy till he is dead.”
Death Quotes Source: Agamemnon (938), earliest reference
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“Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.”
Public Quotes Source: Agamemnon (938)
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“To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]”
Appearance Quotes Source: Siege of Thebes
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“Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.”
Appearance Quotes Source: Siege of Thebes
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“To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.”
Fortune Quotes Source: Choephoroe (60)
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“It is always in season for old men to learn.”
Age Quotes Source: Agamemnon
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“Ye waves
That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe
Your crisped smiles.”
Ocean Quotes Source: Prometheus Chained (l. 95)
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“To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a
helping hand.”
Help Quotes Source: Persoe (742)
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“Necessity is stronger far than art.”
Necessity Quotes Source: Prometheus Chained (l. 513)
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“Hold him alone truly fortunate who has ended his life in happy
well-being.”
Happiness Quotes Source: Agamemnon (928)
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“Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.”
Happiness Quotes Source: Agamemnon (928)
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“Suffering brings experience.”
Experience Quotes Source: Agamemnon (185)
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“So, in the Libyan fable it is told
That once an eagle, stricken with a dart,
Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft,
"With our own feathers, not by others' hand
Are we now smitten."”
Eagles Quotes Source: Fragment, (Plumptre's translation), 123
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“Fountains of tears.
[Lat., Fons lacrymarum.]”
Tears Quotes Source: Agamemnon (861)
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“God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.”
Deceit Quotes Source: Frag. Incert. (II)
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“It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.”
Misfortune Quotes Source: Agamemnon (884), (adapted)
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“Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.”
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“It is in the character if very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”
Envy Quotes |
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“God loves to help him who strives to help himself.”
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“What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?”
Hospitality Quotes |
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“I know how men in exile feed on dreams.”
Outcasts Quotes |
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“God loves to help him who strives to help himself.”
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“When one is willing and eager, the Gods join in.”
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