English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:
Aeschylus Quotes

Aeschylus quotes about god

Greek Poet December 30, 0524 – December 31, 0455

Cite this Page: Citation

Quotes

Aeschylus quote: "God loves to help him who strives to help himself."
God loves to help him who strives to help himself. Aeschylus
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. Aeschylus
Aeschylus quote: "To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift."
To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift. Aeschylus
Oh, the torment bred in the race, the grinding scream of deathand the stroke that hits the vein, the hemorrhage none can staunch, the grief, the curse no man can bear. But there is a cure in the house, and not outside it, no, not from others but from them, their bloody strife. We sing to you, dark gods beneath the earth. Now hear, you blissful powers underground --answer the call, send help. Bless the children, give them triumph now. Aeschylus
He who learns must suffer; and even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom by the awful grace of God. Aeschylus
In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God. Aeschylus
Aeschylus quote: "Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without..."
Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain? Aeschylus
Aeschylus quote: "Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts."
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. Aeschylus
Aeschylus quote: "Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole..."
Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length? Aeschylus
But there is a cure in the house, and not outside it, no, not from others but from them, their bloody strife. We sing to you, dark gods beneath the earth. Aeschylus
Aeschylus quote: "Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him."
Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him. Aeschylus
Aeschylus quote: "For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail..."
For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. Aeschylus
Aeschylus quote: "God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind."
God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind. Aeschylus
[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day--to you, thief of fire, I speak. Aeschylus
The gods! long since they hold us in contempt, Scornful of gifts thus offered by the lost! Why should we fawn and flinch away from doom? Aeschylus

Popular Author

Related Authors