Aeschylus Quotes

No man is hurt but by himself.

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.

Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.

We're endangered by our own success.

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

You can't cage an eagle for long without destroying it.

That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.

Neurotics, who cause less distress to themselves and their neighbours than those in the other category, are at war with their own natures. Their right hands are in conflict with their left. Psychotics, and it is those who commit purposeless crimes and prefer death to life, are at war with their environment. Right and left hands strike against the womb that carries them.

None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.

Suppose you were the last one left? Suppose you did that to yourself?

The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel.

Because Roman civilization perished through barbarian invasions, we are perhaps too much inclined to think that that is the only way a civilization can die. If the lights that guide us ever go out, they will fade little by little, as if of their own accord.... We therefore should not console ourselves by thinking that the barbarians are still a long way off. Some peoples may let the torch be snatched from their hands, but others stamp it out themselves.

I know not what to call this, nor will I urge that it is a secret, overruling decree, that hurries us on to be the instruments of our own destruction, even though it be before us, and that we rush upon it with our eyes open.

Often,our immediate reaction to a sudden crisis help us save ourselves. Our response to gradual crises that creep up upon us, on the other hand,may be so adaptive as to ultimately lead to self-destruction.

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Here must thou be, O man, Strength to thyself - no helper hast thou here - Here keepest thou thy individual state: No other can divide with thee this work, No secondary hand can intervene To fashion this ability. 'Tis thine, The prime and vital principle is thine In the recesses of thy nature, far From any reach of outward fellowship, Else 'tis not thine at all.

If you want to soar like an eagle in life, you can't be flocking with the turkeys.

The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with razor-sharp talons. Beneath it, the caption: To Mock a Killing Bird.

The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone.

Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.

What happened to your hand? It got hit by a mirror. How'd that happen? I lost my temper at myself.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.

My name ain't Steve Miller, but I fly like an Eagle.