A great ox stands on my tongue. Aeschylus More Quotes by Aeschylus More Quotes From Aeschylus The adulterer dies. An old custom, justice. Aeschylus customsdiesjustice I warn the marauder dragging plunder, chaotic, rich beyond all rights: he'll strike his sails, harried at long last, stunned when the squalls of torment break his spars to bits. Aeschylus lastsrightslong It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill. Aeschylus newsillfirsts It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers. Aeschylus lightsufferingfeet The man who does ill, ill must suffer too. Aeschylus sufferingdoemen For in the voyage of the heart, there is a freight of hatred, and the wind of wrath blows shrill. Aeschylus wrathblowheart When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along. Aeschylus destructionhelpingmen There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually. Aeschylus hatehandsenemy For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice. Aeschylus fatemarriagemen For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory. Aeschylus strongwritingmemories Old men, what are they? Fast fading the leaf, Three-footed they walk, yet frail as a child, As a dream set afloat in the daylight. Aeschylus dreammenchildren No one can count the terrors that the earth spawns, catastrophic, gruesome, and the vast arms of the sea swarm with brute monsters bent on harm, and everywhere between the sky and ground lights bloom by day in flares and sudden bolts; and birds and beasts alike can tell of the whirlwind's whirling wrath. Aeschylus wrathlightsea Of prosperity mortals can never have enough. Aeschylus prosperitywisdomenough For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock. Aeschylus begetsparent It is through suffering that learning comes. Aeschylus suffering Myriad laughter of the ocean waves. Aeschylus wavelaughterocean Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length? Aeschylus lengthpainlifetime You'll see all other mortal sinners, the ones who flout the honor owed to gods or guests, or loving parents--you'll see them get the justice they deserve. For Hades holds men mightily to a strict accounting down below the earth; he sees all things, inscribes them within the book of his remembering. Aeschylus justicemenbook Justice, voiceless, unseen, seeth thee when thou sleepest and when thou goest forth and when thou liest down. Continually doth she attend thee, now aslant thy course, now at a later time. These lines are from a section of doubtful or spurious fragments. Aeschylus voicelessjusticetime He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. Aeschylus admirationenvyliterature
