Aeschylus Quotes

There is no avoidance in delay.

1319

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

4438

Nothing forces us to know
What we do not want to know
Except pain

1711

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

4325

Wisdom comes through suffering.
Trouble, with its memories of pain,
Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,
So men against their will
Learn to practice moderation.
Favours come to us from gods.

1952

Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.

2250

And there they ring the walls, the young, the lithe. The handsome hold the graves they won in Troy; the enemy earth rides over those who conquered.

1969

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

3941

We only learn wisdom through suffering.

3793