The Persians Quotes

“A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.”
― Aeschylus, The Persians

“For pride grows rankly, and to ripeness brings
The curse of fate, and reaps, for harvest, tears!”
― Aeschylus, The Persians

“Alas, Darius! one brief word must tell thee all the tale— The Persian power is in the dust, gone down in blood and bale!”
― Aeschylus, The Persians

“No light thing is it, to come back from death,
For, in good sooth, the gods of nether gloom
Are quick to seize but late and loth to free!”
― Aeschylus, The Persians