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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.

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  Blow, Men, Yield

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

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

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  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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• 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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• Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.

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  Men, Circumstances

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

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  Worst Enemy, Enemy, Your Best Friend

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

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

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  Work, Trying, Firsts

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• Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.

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  God, Moving, Might

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

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• No one who lives in error is free.

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  Freedom, Errors

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• Nothing happens to man without the permission of God.

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  Men, Events, Permission

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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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• 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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  Believe, Heart, Men

  Euripides (1942). “Euripides”

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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.

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  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.

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  Evil, May, Should

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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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• I sacrifice to no god save myself - And to my belly, greatest of deities.

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  God, Food, Sacrifice

  "Cyclops". Play by Euripides, circa 424-423 BCE.

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• The stillest tongue can be the truest friend.

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  Silence, Tongue, Truest

  Euripides (1942). “Euripides”

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• Time will explain it all. Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

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  Grief, Past, Love Is

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• The language of truth is simple.

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  Communication, Simple, Language

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• All men know their children mean more than life.

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  Children, Mean, Men

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

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

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  Men, Giving, Benefits

  Euripides (2012). “Medea”, p.20, Courier Corporation

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• Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise

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  Wise, Literature, Influence

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