Quotes & sayings

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

Aeschylus

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.

Aeschylus

The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

Aeschylus

I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.

Aeschylus

Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.

Aeschylus

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

Aeschylus

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.

Aeschylus

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

Aeschylus

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.

Aeschylus