Aeschylus

Aeschylus

Playwright

Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright known for his profound exploration of justice and fate, particularly in his trilogy 'Oresteia.'

Men Literature Suffering Pain Justice Heart
Born
January 1, 0525
Died
January 1, 0456
Quotes
320
Rank
#183

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"For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow: it is for him who has done a deed to suffer."

Blow Suffering Done
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"For sufferers it is sweet to know before-hand clearly the pain that still remains for them."

Sweet Pain Hands
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"Still to the sufferer comes, as due from God, a glory that to suffering owes its birth."

Suffering Birth Glory
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"From a just fraud God turneth not away."

Fraud
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"The unenvied man is not enviable."

Men Envy
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"In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him."

Men Envy Prosperity
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"Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight."

Dream Children Men
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"A people's wrath voiced abroad bringeth grave Danger, no less than public curse pronounced."

Wrath People Danger
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"Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills."

Death Hate Men
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"The seed of mortals broods o'er passing things, and hath nought surer than the smoke-cloud's shadow."

Clouds Shadow Passing
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"When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will."

Men Fire Broken
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"Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil."

Toil Fame
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"God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house."

Men House Causes
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"Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out."

Destiny Men Shadow
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"When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it back again?"

Men Blood Black
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"God's mouth knows not how to speak falsehood, but he brings to pass every word."

Mouths Speak Knows
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