Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Quote by Aeschylus

Topics: Death Quotes

When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.

When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

The words of truth are simple.

The words of truth are simple.

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him...

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him...

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls...

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls...

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than...

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than...

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune...

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune...

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?

Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Time brings all things to pass.

Time brings all things to pass.

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

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

I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I...

I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I...

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

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

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.