Aeschylus
Aeschylus
Aeschyluswas an ancient Greek tragedian. His plays, alongside those of Sophocles and Euripides, are the only works of Classical Greek literature to have survived. He is often described as the father of tragedy: critics and scholars' knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in theater to allow conflict among them, whereas characters previously had interacted only...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
men sight justice
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
education learning men
It is always in season for old men to learn.
winning wish athena
ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.
time time-management all-things
Time brings all things to pass.
children men literature
For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
literature hostile paid
For hostile word let hostile word be paid.
joy tears stealing
Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
destiny men waiting
Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
success mother safety
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
inspirational personal-growth self-growth
God ever works with those who work with will.
youth teach freshness
Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
envy people achievement
There's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy.
pain rowing advantage
There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
success men
Success is man's god.