Euripides Quotes

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The man who melts with social sympathy, though not allied, is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.

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These men won eight victories over the Syracusans when the favor of the gods was equal for both sides.

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The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.

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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

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No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

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Today's today. Tomorrow we may be
ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity.

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Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius.

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Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lend aid.

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I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the chanting of the Muses; I have been versed in the reasonings of men; but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.

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Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches.

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Out of some little thing, to free a tongue
Can make an outrageous wrangle.

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There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

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To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.

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Would that I were under the cliffs, in the secret hiding-places of the rocks, that Zeus might change me to a winged bird.

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Slight not what 's near through aiming at what's far.

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A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

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Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead.

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Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

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Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.

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We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.

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Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.

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The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.

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The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.

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To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has,
is courage in a man.

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Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.

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Who then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.

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God, these old men!
How they pray for death! How heavy they find this life in the slow drag of days!
And yet, when Death comes near them,
You will not find one who will rise and walk with him, not one whose years are still a burden to him.

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The sweetest teaching did he introduce,
Concealing truth under untrue speech.
The place he spoke of as the gods' abode
Was that by which he might awe humans most, —
The place from which, he knew, terrors came to mortals
And things advantageous in their wearisome life —
The revolving heaven above, in which dwell
The lightnings, and awesome claps
Of thunder, and the starry face of heaven,
Beautiful and intricate by that wise craftsman Time, —
From which, too, the meteor's glowing mass speeds
And wet thunderstorm pours forth upon the earth.

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There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience.

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Men hate the haughty of heart who will not be the friend of every man.

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