Euripides Quotes

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It is better that we live ever so Miserably than die in glory.

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What is god, what is not god, what is between man and god, who shall say?

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No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

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A just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine.

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Men make their choice: one man honors one God, and one another.

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The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.

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Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman.

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A wretched child Is he who does not return his parents' care.

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If I could remake the world, I'd banish women, send them away with all their trouble. Then children would come from a purer source.

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I think that fortune watcheth o'er our lives, surer than we. But well said: he who strives will find his goals strive for him equally.

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We must believe in the gods no longer if injustice is to prevail over justice.

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In adverse hours the friendship of the good shines most; each prosperous day commands its friends.

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To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter; sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.

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Better be sick than tend the sick; the first is but a single ill, the last unites mental grief with manual toil.

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What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.

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There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.

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All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck!

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It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

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Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with.

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

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Your worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he's underground.

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

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

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