Aeschylus Quotes About Children

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  • For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

    Men  
  • Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight.

    Men  
    Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.23, University of Chicago Press
  • The so-called mother of the child isn't the child's begetter, but only a sort of nursing soil for the new-sown seed. The man, the one on top, is the true parent, while she, a stranger, foster's a stranger's sprout.

    Aeschylus (2011). “The Complete Aeschylus: Volume I: The Oresteia”, p.174, Oxford University Press
  • Old men, what are they? Fast fading the leaf, Three-footed they walk, yet frail as a child, As a dream set afloat in the daylight.

    Men  
    Aeschylus (2014). “The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides”, p.5, Everyman's Library
  • Old men are children once again a dream that sways and wavers into the hard light of day.

    Men  
    Aeschylus (1984). “The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides”, p.87, Penguin
  • Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.

    Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.247, Delphi Classics
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Aeschylus

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