Euripides Quotes

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The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.

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This is sweet to see your foe, perish and pay to justice all he owes.

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What we know and understand to be noble we fail to carry out, some from laziness, others because they give precedence to some other pleasure than honour.

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A man who has been in danger,
When he comes out of it forgets his fears,
And sometimes he forgets his promises.

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The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward.

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Human excellence means nothing Unless it works with the consent of God.

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This is true liberty, when free-born men, having to advise the public, may speak free.

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Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, Ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues.

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Mighty is geometry; joined with art, resistless.

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In every work a reward added makes the pleasure twice as great.

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Only one in command: that's the way in the home And the way in the state when it must find Measures best for mankind.

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Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?

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The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.

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If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.

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When two souls compose a single song, The muse fans Livid wrath before long.

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Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.

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Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.

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A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.

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It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly.

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If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife.

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Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.

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It's folly that women measure their happiness with the pleasures of the bed, but they do. And when the pleasure cools or their man goes missing, all they once lived for turns dark and hateful.

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In the hands of vicious men, a mob will do anything. But under good leaders it's quite a different story.

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High honors are sweet To a man's heart, but ever They stand close to the brink of grief.

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Numbers are a fearful thing, and joined to craft a desperate foe.

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What shall I say? that thou from Heaven look'st down Upon mankind, or have they rashly formed A vain opinion, deeming that the race Of gods exists, though fortune governs all?

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If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich.

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Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.

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The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law.

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What we look for does not come to pass; God finds a way for what none foresaw.

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