Aeschylus Quotes About Destiny

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  • Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

    Aeschylus (1873). “The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes”, p.270
  • But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.

  • Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.

    Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.66, University of Chicago Press
  • The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.

  • Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

    "The Libation Bearers". Play by Aeschylus,
  • Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom.

    Aeschylus (1901). “Aeschylos: Agamemnon. The libation-pourers. Eumenides. Fragments. Rhymed choruses from Agamemnon, The libation-pourers, Eumenides”
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Aeschylus

  • Born: 525 BC
  • Died: 456 BC
  • Occupation: Dramatist