Euripides Quotes

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The new-come stepmother hates the children born to a first wife.

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In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.

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I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.

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God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

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Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven — of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.

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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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Let mortal man keep to his own
Mortality, and not expect too much.

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Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.

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Few have greater riches than the joy That comes to us in visions, In dreams which nobody can take away.

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A rare spoil for a man Is the winning of a good wife; very Plentiful are the worthless women.

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Keep alive the light of justice, And much that men say in blame will pass you by.

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Life is a short affair; We should try to make it smooth, and free from strife.

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