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"The Suppliants" Quotes
"The Suppliants" by Aeschylus is a Greek tragedy that explores themes of asylum, divine intervention, and the struggle between duty and desire as fifty daughters of Danaus seek refuge in Argos to avoid forced marriages.
Quotes
It is not right to speak in praise of what is evil.
May I be counted among those whose lives are spent in peace!
When one has once begun, it is not easy to break off.
For the unjust is ever plotting against the just.
The scales of justice do not incline to favor the bad.
Time's face is turned away and shows no favor.
Words are not enough to prove a man's worth.
It is a noble thing to learn to be content with little.
Let no one think that the gods are indifferent.
The day of fate is ever a mystery.
