Euripides Quotes - Page 5

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

  Euripides

  God, Food, Sacrifice

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

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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 stillest tongue can be the truest friend.

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  Silence, Tongue, Truest

  Euripides (1942). “Euripides”

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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

  Euripides

  Wise, Literature, Influence

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• Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with insubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance and change alone control the world?

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  Inspirational, Life, God

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• None can hold fortune still and make it last.

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  Destiny, Lasts, Fortune

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.51, University of Chicago Press

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• One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

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  Trying, Doe, Racist

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• Noble fathers have noble children.

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  Funny, Fathers Day, Dad

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• Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.

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  Wine, Sorrow, Rich

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• For the weariest road that man may wend
  Is forth fromn the home of his father.

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  Father, Home, Men

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• courage is the gift of character

  Euripides

  Character

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1958). “The complete Greek tragedies”

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• This is sweet to see your foe, perish and pay to justice all he owes.

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  Sweet, Revenge, Justice

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion”, p.43, University of Chicago Press

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• Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.

  Euripides

  Wise, Men, Giving

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus”, p.29, University of Chicago Press

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• This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

  Euripides

  Freedom, Literature, Slavery

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.114, University of Chicago Press

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• There is just one life for each of us: our own.

  Euripides

  Life, Positive, Graduation

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• Much effort, much prosperity.

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  Meaningful, Effort, Literature

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

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• There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

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  Healing, Optimism, Chance

  "Iphigenia in Tauris". Play by Euripides, circa 412 BCE.

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• The gods have sent medicines for the venom of serpents, but there is no medicine for a bad woman. She is more noxious than the viper, or than fire itself.

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  Women, Fire, Medicine

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• Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

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  Funny, Time, Needs

  "Aeolus". Play by Euripides, 423 BCE.

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• There is no evil as terrible as a woman.

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  Women, Evil, Terrible

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• Today's today. Tomorrow we may be ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity.

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  Gone, May, Today

  "Alcestis". Play by Euripides, 438 BCE.

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• Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.

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  Destiny, Men, Tears

  Euripides (1942). “Euripides”

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