Quote

Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

Aeschylus

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Aeschylus
Dramatist
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
Warrior
Elefsina
Æschylus
Aeschylos
Wisdom
Justice
Suffering
Inclines
Comes
Incline
Coping
Scales
Price
Difficulty

More quotes by Aeschylus

Image
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
Aeschylus
Image
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
Aeschylus
Image
Wisdom cometh by suffering.
Aeschylus
Image
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.
Aeschylus
Image
Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.
Aeschylus
Image
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
Aeschylus
Image
Sweet is a grief well ended.
Aeschylus
Image
It is always the season for the old to learn.
Aeschylus
Image
Excessive fear is always powerless.
Aeschylus
Image
The will was of Zeus, the hand of Hephaestus.
Aeschylus
Image
Old age hath stronger sense of right than youth.
Aeschylus
Image
Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
Aeschylus
Image
ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.
Aeschylus
Image
Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory against our pleasure we are temperate.
Aeschylus
Image
For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
Aeschylus
Image
His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.
Aeschylus
Image
The moving light, rejoicing in its strength, Sped from the pyre of pine, and urged its way, In golden glory, like some strange new sun.
Aeschylus
Image
God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
Aeschylus
Image
On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged.
Aeschylus
Image
Overly persuasive a woman's ordinance spreads far, traveling fast but fast dying a rumor voiced by a woman perishes.
Aeschylus