Euripides - The Bacchae

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Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

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What is wisdom? What gift of the gods is held in glory like this: to hold your hand victorious over the heads of those you hate? Glory is precious forever.

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Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.

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

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Mobs in their emotions are much like children, subject to the same tantrums and fits of fury.

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To have found you is a dear happiness; and to be Apollo's son is beyond all my hopes; but there is something I want to say to you alone. Come; this is a private matter between us two - anything you tell me shall be as secret as the grave.

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