Euripides Quotes - Page 5

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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?

  Euripides

  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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• 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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• courage is the gift of character

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  Character

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

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• In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

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  Remains, Misfortunes

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

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  Envy, Want, Poverty

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

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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.

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  Wise, Men, Giving

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

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

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  Life, Positive, Graduation

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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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• There is no evil as terrible as a woman.

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  Women, Evil, Terrible

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• Much effort, much prosperity.

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  Meaningful, Effort, Literature

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

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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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• 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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• It's folly that women measure their happiness with the pleasures of the bed, but they do. And when the pleasure cools or their man goes missing, all they once lived for turns dark and hateful.

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  Dark, Men, Missing

  Euripides,, Peter Burian, Alan Shapiro (2011). “The Complete Euripides Volume V: Medea and Other Plays”, p.170, Oxford University Press

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• There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.

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  Life, Success, Character

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

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

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  Freedom, Literature, Slavery

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

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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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• 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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• Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.

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  Marriage, Pain, Joy

  Euripides, Dudley Fitts, Robert Fitzgerald (1936). “The Alcestis of Euripides: An English Version”

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• Hate is a bottomless cup; I will pour and pour

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  Hate, Cups

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• A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.

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  Children, Wife, Firsts

  "Alcestis". Play by Euripides, 438 BCE.

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• Mighty is geometry; joined with art, resistless.

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  Inspirational, Life, Art

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