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
believe men keeping-promises
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
kicks
Do not kick against the pricks.
lying be-kind literature
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
tongue stranger slander
The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.
marriage wedding men
Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
strength success men
Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.
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.
men pigs praying
But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given to man.
strength men knows
The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
inspirational may trunks
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
friendship jealousy character
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
mines
My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.
justice suffering coping
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
feet libertarian knees
Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.