Quote

Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

Aeschylus

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Aeschylus
Dramatist
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
Warrior
Elefsina
Æschylus
Aeschylos
Hymns
Powers
Altars
Gods
Persuasion
Praise
Crave
Avails
Sacrifice
Offering
Soothed
Drink
Hath
Craves
Alone
Holds
Aloof
Heaven
Poured
Death
Gifts

More quotes by Aeschylus

Image
Making it a valid law to learn by suffering.
Aeschylus
Image
But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.
Aeschylus
Image
The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
Aeschylus
Image
For the lips of Zeus do not know how to lie, but bring to fulfilment every word.
Aeschylus
Image
Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.
Aeschylus
Image
Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
Aeschylus
Image
There is a limit to the best of health, disease is always a near neighbor.
Aeschylus
Image
In the sinews of the dead there is no blood.
Aeschylus
Image
Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.
Aeschylus
Image
You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.
Aeschylus
Image
With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.
Aeschylus
Image
Even the old should learn.
Aeschylus
Image
For in pure maidens, knowing not the marriage-bed, the glance of the eyes sinks from shame.
Aeschylus
Image
So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.
Aeschylus
Image
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
Aeschylus
Image
In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.
Aeschylus
Image
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Aeschylus
Image
Old men are always young enough to learn with profit.
Aeschylus
Image
God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house.
Aeschylus
Image
His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.
Aeschylus