Aeschylus Quotes
Mourn for me rather as living than as dead. My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair. Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence. Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety. Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. Of prosperity mortals can never have enough. Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy. Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel. Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things. Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm. The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance. The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen. The man who does ill must suffer ill. The man whose authority is recent is always stern. The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise. The wisest of the wise may err. The words of truth are simple. There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually. There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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