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Aeschylus

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Aeschylus Quotes

Total quotes: 5

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Aeschylus

Birthname

Birthplace: Eleusis

Nationality: Classical Athens

Occupations: Tragedy Writer

Total quotes: 5

“Ruin begins by fawning on a man in a friendly way, and leads him astray into her net, from which it is impossible for a mortal to escape and flee.”

— Aeschylus, The Persians

Tagged: Life

“Great wealth may make the dead rise from the ground by tripping up the prosperity.”

— Aeschylus, The Persians

Tagged: Life

“I used to think, 'I supposed the gods will fulfill [the prophecies] in some distant future;' but when a man is in a hurry himself, the god will led him a hand.”

— Aeschylus, The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides

Tagged: Life

“'Their country fights as their ally.'

'How do you mean?'

'By starving to death a multitude that is too vastly numerous.'”

— Aeschylus, Persians

Tagged: strategy

“Men's foolish pride finds a truthful accuser in their own tongues.”

— Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes

Tagged: Life

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