Euripides - Man Quotes

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Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

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When love is in excess it brings a man nor honor nor any worthiness.

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Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.

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Disaster appears, to crush
one man now, but afterward another.

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If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe.

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I care for riches, to make gifts
To friends, or lead a sick man back to health
With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth
For daily gladness; once a man be done
With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.

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

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

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

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

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