Euripides - Evil Quotes

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I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

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I know, indeed, the evil of that I purpose; but my inclination gets the better of my judgment.

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When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.

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Doth some one say that there be gods above?
There are not; no, there are not. Let no fool,
Led by the old false fable, thus deceive you.
Look at the facts themselves, yielding my words
No undue credence: for I say that kings
Kill, rob, break oaths, lay cities waste by fraud,
And doing thus are happier than those
Who live calm pious lives day after day. All divinity
Is built-up from our good and evil luck.

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I know indeed what evil I intend to do,
but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury,
fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.

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

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