Euripides Quotes - Page 4

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• God in heaven has dominion
  Over so many events.
  He can frustrate what seems inevitable,
  And bring to pass the thing that you least expect.

  Euripides

  Heaven, Events, Dominion

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• It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.

  Euripides

  Wise, Home, Men

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus”, p.206, University of Chicago Press

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• No one who lives in error is free.

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  Freedom, Errors

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• Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.

  Euripides

  Blow, Men, Yield

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “The complete Greek tragedies”

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• It is in adversity that the good show their friendship most clearly; prosperity always finds friends.

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  Adversity, Prosperity, Shows

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• Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

  Euripides

  Character, Gold, Literature

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

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• Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.

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  Not Giving Up, Hopeless, Hopelessness

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• Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, Ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues.

  Euripides

  Envy, Want, Poverty

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra”, p.149, University of Chicago Press

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• Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

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  Silence, House, Quiet

  Euripides (1808). “The Tragedies of Euripides”, p.487

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

  Euripides

  Worst Enemy, Enemy, Your Best Friend

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1974). “The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides”

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• Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.

  Euripides

  Men, Circumstances

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• Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.

  Euripides

  Work, Trying, Firsts

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• Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.

  Euripides

  God, Moving, Might

  "The Bacchae". Play by Euripides, 405 BCE.

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• Nothing happens to man without the permission of God.

  Euripides

  Men, Events, Permission

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• In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

  Euripides

  Remains, Misfortunes

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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.

  Euripides

  Believe, Heart, Men

  Euripides (1942). “Euripides”

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• Young man, two are the forces most precious to mankind. The first is Demeter, the Goddess. She is the Earth -- or any name you wish to call her -- and she sustains humanity with solid food. Next came Dionysus, the son of the virgin, bringing the counterpart to bread: wine and the blessings of life's flowing juices. His blood, the blood of the grape, lightens the burden of our mortal misery. Though himself a God, it is his blood we pour out to offer thanks to the Gods. And through him, we are blessed.

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  Blessed, Wine, Son

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• Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

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  War, Soldier, Funny Leadership

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• Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself]

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  Wise, Hate, Educational

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• This is true liberty, when free-born men, having to advise the public, may speak free.

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  Men, Liberty, May

  Euripides (1998). “Euripides, 2: Hippolytus, Suppliant Women, Helen, Electra, Cyclops”, p.78, University of Pennsylvania Press

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• The lucky person passes for a genius.

  Euripides

  Gambling, Lucky, Genius

  Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles (1960). “The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides”

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• Good and bad may not be dissevered; There is, as there should be, a commingling.

  Euripides

  Evil, May, Should

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

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  Life, Trying, Affair

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra”, p.175, University of Chicago Press

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• To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

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  Mother Daughter, Fathers Day, Dad

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

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  Ideas, World, Second Thoughts

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus”, p.210, University of Chicago Press

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