Image: Tilemachos Efthimiadis, CC BY-SA 2.0
33 quotes
ancient Athenian playwright
“Wisdom comes alone through suffering.”
"When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?"
on Wisdom
"I beg you, alight and join your sorrow with mine: misfortune wanders everywhere, and settles now upon one and now upon another."
on Life
"Neither the life of anarchy nor the life enslaved by tyrants, no, worship neither. Strike the balance all in all and god will give you power."
"I know how men in exile feed on dreams"
on Dreams
"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls."
on Fear
"He hears but half who hears one party only."
on Truth
"Fear is stronger than arms."
"Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts."
on Death
"And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin."
on Happiness
"It is best for the wise man not to seem wise."
"What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?"
on Relationships
"God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard."
on Faith
"His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best."
on Character
"Who except the gods can live without any pain?"
"Call no man happy till he is dead."
"Ask the gods nothing excessive."
on Ethics
"Delay not to seize the hour!"
on Inspirational
"It is always in season for old men to learn."
"To the man who himself strives earnestly God also lends a helping hand."
"God loves to help him who strives to help himself."
