Aeschylus Quotes About Fate

Quotes about: Fate

• The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

  Aeschylus

  Fate, Justice, Doe

• My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.

  Aeschylus

  Cheer, Believe, Fate

• But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.

  Aeschylus

  Block, Fate, Blow

  Aeschylus (1873). “The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes”, p.370

• For this our task hath Fate spun without fail to last for ever sure, that we on man weighed down with deeds of hate should follow till the earth his life immure. Nor when he dies can he boast of being truly free.

  Aeschylus

  Hate, Fate, Men

  Aeschylus (1873). “The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes”, p.374

• For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days.

  Aeschylus

  Fate, Ancient

  Persae, l.102 (translated by H Weir Smyth).

• For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice.

  Aeschylus

  Marriage, Fate, Men

• Yet though a man gets many wounds in breast, He dieth not, unless the appointed time, The limit of his life's span, coincide; Nor does the man who by the hearth at home Sits still, escape the doom that Fate decrees.

  Aeschylus

  Home, Heart, Fate

  Aeschylus (1868). “The Tragedies of Aeschylos: The Persians. The seven who fought against Thebes. Prometheus bound. The suppliants. Fragments. Appendix of rhymed choruses”, p.235

• And now it goes as it goes and where it ends is Fate. And neither by singeing flesh nor tipping cups of wine nor shedding burning tears can you enchant away the rigid Fury.

  Aeschylus

  Wine, Fate, Tears

  Aeschylus (1984). “The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides”, p.86, Penguin

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