Aeschylus Quotes About Prosperity

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  • We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

  • For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

    Men  
    Aeschylus, Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1970). “Oresteia”, p.50, Univ of California Press
  • It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

  • Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.

    Aeschylus (1965). “The Oresteia trilogy: (Agamemnon, Choephoroe [and] Eumenides) [and] Prometheus bound”
  • Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

  • In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.

    Men  
    Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.48, University of Chicago Press
  • Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.

    Men  
    Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.160, Delphi Classics
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Aeschylus

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