A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
AeschylusRead
What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote highlights the warm and amiable bond that exists between a host and their guest.
Aeschylus emphasizes the special and gentle connection fostered during the interactions of hospitality, suggesting that this relationship is one of the most generous and compassionate human experiences. It reflects the essence of kindness and reciprocity that defines social gatherings and cultural exchanges.
Themes
HospitalityKindnessRelationshipsGuestHost
In practice
Example use cases
In a wedding toast, one might say this quote to highlight the importance of welcoming guests.
More from Aeschylus
All quotes βNeither a life of anarchy nor a life under a despot should you praise. To all that lies in the middle has a god given excellence.
AeschylusRead
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
AeschylusRead
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
AeschylusRead
In war, truth is the first casualty.
AeschylusRead
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
AeschylusRead
Similar quotes
Turn around, and the people you thought you knew might change. Your little boy might now live half a world away. Your beautiful daughter might be sneaking out at night. Your ex-husband might by dying by degrees. This is the reason that dancers learn, early on, how to spot while doing pirouettes: we all want to be able to find the place where we started.
Jodi PicoultRead
I was born of heterosexual parents. I was taught by heterosexual teachers in a fiercely heterosexual society. Television ads and newspaper ads β fiercely heterosexual. A society that puts down homosexuality. And why am I a homosexual if I'm affected by role models? I should have been a heterosexual. And no offense meant, but if teachers are going to affect you as role models, there'd be a lot of nuns running around the streets today.
Harvey MilkRead
The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn't have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river.
Kerry WashingtonRead
When you meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them. You're meeting their representative.
Chris RockRead
I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions
Anita HillRead
That is life for a Saudi woman: wherever we go, whatever we achieve, we are the property of a man.
Manal Al-SharifRead